Chennai: A god man, aged 59 year old was arrested by Guduvancherry police near Kancheepuram district for allegedly sexually assaulting, 24-year-old woman and threatened her not to tell anyone.
According to Deccan Chronicle, the accused have more than 4,500 followers on Facebook, he was identified as Annadurai alias Annamalai Siddhar of Aadisiva Brhamma Sivanadiyargal Ashram, situated in Guduvancherry.
The victim, mother of 2-year-old boy lodge a complaint two days before although the incident happened in the month of January. The victim went to ashram along with her grandmother on the first day as she had migraine problem.
After knowing her problem and background, Siddhar asked her to come the next day. On the second day the victim went alone there and Siddhar sexually assaulted her.
“When she told him that she was going to expose him, Sidhar told her that he would use his ‘power’ to make her son a paralytic and send people to kill her husband. Fearing the Siddhar’s ‘power’, the woman never spoke about the ordeal she suffered all these days.
Over a period of time, she had become depressed and started behaving abnormally at home. She was afraid that something would happen to her son if she tells about incident to her family members. After repeated questioning by her husband, who is a tailor, she finally informed him about the sexual assault. After consulting with his friends, the husband decided to lodge a police compliant. Based on the complaint,” said the police.
Five years ago, Siddhar from chennai had a shop in Guduvancherry, he created good followership more than thousands of devotes, In his Facebook page many pictures are found posing with VIPs and with N. Rangaswamy, former Puducherry chief minister.
Guduvancherry police arrested Annamalai Siddhar and sealed his ashram