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14 June 2012: Bail Granted the State Police Brought Him Back the Next Day from the Unspecified Location to the Court It is a Shaivagamic tradition that one doesn’t eat until he offers his daily puja (ritualist worship) to Shiva-linga (deity). The State police stop His Divine Holiness from worship and the mainstream media publish this story to ridicule Him. 14 June 2012: Bail granted The State Police brought Him back the next day from the unspecified location to the Court. The bail was granted on the basis that there was no evidence for any crime in the complaint against Him. His Divine Holiness was free to go back home. However, ​ the State Police executed the most deceptive part of the attack next. 52 Police take Him “Off-the-grid” As soon as His Divine Holiness comes out of the court hearing for the bail petition (which was granted to Him), 600 policemen surround Him. 53 The Ramanagara SP tells His Divine Holiness that he will take Him to a safe place. The 600 police men push His Divine Holiness into a car and take Him off. 54 600-battalion-men police force and additional paramilitary forces were deployed. ​ ​ They then parade Him throughout the city to showcase as a big terrorist has been arrested. Rs. 3 crore ($½ Million USD) of public taxpayers’ money is spent on this exercise. (as per Inspector General Bhaskar Rao) November 26, 2008, Mumbai terror attacks in the Taj Five Star Hotel. ​ During the 2008 Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks, 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a ​ ​ terrorist organisation, carried out a series of 12 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks lasting four days across Mumbai, the financial capital of India. 164 people had died and 308 were wounded. ​ ​ During this attack the State failed to respond with speed, coordination, or proper investigation reports. It took 12 hours for the National Security Guard, whose ​ members are trained in rescuing hostages, to get to The Taj as they didn’t receive the official go-ahead to mobilize. However in the case of dehumanization of His Divine Holiness, “speedy ​ mechanism” was implemented by the Chief Minister and 600 battalion police and ​ additional paramilitary forces were waiting for Him outside the court, to showcase Him as a terrorist and enemy of the State, dragging Him throughout the Bengaluru city - Silicon Valley of India - spending Rs. 3 crore ($½ Million USD) of public ​ taxpayers’ money. 55 The State Superintendent of Police Anupam Agarwal grabs hold of His Divine Holiness to pose for the mainstream media mafia as to legitimize the off-the-grid illegal detainment, which is called “protective custody” in the legal language. Mainstream media aired false news, claiming the arrest was related to false rape allegations. CRIMES OF THE STATE POLICE ● Deliberate adjournment of the bail-hearing to facilitate arrest. ● Exposing His Divine Holiness to the planned mob lynch during arrest. ● Deliberately manhandling Him under the mob-eye to dehumanise Him. ● Detaining Him in an unknown location instead of a prison. ● Denying His religious right to offer a 2000-year-old unbroken tradition of worship. 14 June 2012: A deceptive police-attack, a “hijack” to kill - Attack 7 The police hijack Him in another direction Once the bail was given, His Divine Holiness was free as per law. A huge mob had gathered outside. The police told the disciples that they would escort Him out and take Him in their vehicle to the Aadheenam. 56 The guileless disciples already fearing a mob-lynch on His Divine Holiness thought it best to go with the Police plan. The moment His Divine Holiness entered the vehicle, the door closed and to the shock and horror of the disciples, the vehicle moved in the ​ opposite direction on hitting the road. Once again, things went “off-the-grid” for the ​ disciples. With racing hearts, they followed the police van as fast they could. Inside the vehicle, the Police displayed their deceitful fangs. The DSP (Deputy Superintendent of Police) SP Ramalingappa, took out a legal document written in local Kannada script (not readable by His Divine Holiness) and asked Him to sign on it saying that due to high security risk, they were going to take Him up to Hosur (Karnataka-Tamilnadu border) with protection, instead of the Aadheenam, and that the document needed to be signed to take His consent for the same. At first His Divine Holiness refused to sign, and asked to speak to His lawyer. The ​ Police denied Him any call to lawyer. Meanwhile, the Bidadi Police Station Sub ​ Inspector Vijayakumar intervened and gave Him “false” confidence that he has read it and it is the same as what was told, and that His Divine Holiness could sign on it. His Divine Holiness reluctantly signed the document. He had no clue however, that the vehicle was already moving in the wrong direction. The vehicle suddenly took a sharp entry into the District Magistrate’s (DM) Office at Ramanagara (the district where the monastery) and the gates were instantly closed and all entries blocked. The disciples froze in their track unable to reach their Guru. 57 58 Taken to the Mysore prison in illegal detainment. 59 At the District Magistrate’s Office Sri Nithya Atmaprabhananda, the administrator was given entry after persistent pleadings to the gate guards about his required presence with His Divine Holiness. As he rushed in the District Magistrate’s court, he saw the entire place packed with police officers. The District Magistrate was seated high up as the judge. His Divine Holiness was made ​ to stand alone in the accused stand for long, and the room was swarmed by CID in ​ civilian clothes, Police Officers, and the Press. He did not know what was happening, when he had been granted bail already. Not waiting for His defense Counsel, the proceedings started. The DM informed Him that the State police had filed a complaint on Him to the DM under Section 107 and Section 151 of Cr.PC. The complaint was in view of the multiple “Law and Order” related incidents that took place at His Aadheenam the past few days. The planned one-sided attacks against Him were termed “Law and Order situations” and a threat for the entire Bidadi village (where the Aadheenam was located)! In reality, there was life-threat only for the disciples of His Divine Holiness living there. The “Big Lie” of a ​ “Law and Order situation” was told again. ​ Sri Nithya Atmaprabhananda recounts the abnormally “high-alert high-security” zone that was created in the DM’s office that day, with the place swarming with CID officers in civilian clothes and press persons, while all entries were blocked for anyone else. Press persons were seen for a kilometer stretch outside the DM office. The CID officers were tracking and probing each and every move of anyone from the Aadheenam. 60 The Counsel to His Divine Holiness was yet to arrive. He was left alone to defend Himself. Sri Nithya Atmaprabhananda paraphrases the words of His Divine Holiness when He started pleading humbly in front of the District Magistrate: I am not disturbing public peace. But if you feel that me being in here is going disturb the public peace, I will stay away from Bidadi. I will not have any Press Meet. Denied his lawyer, His Divine Holiness humbly pleads by Himself in front of the District Magistrate, “I am not disturbing public peace. But if you feel that me being in here is going to disturb the public peace, I will stay away from Bidadi. I will not have any Press Meet.” But the State Police intentions were otherwise. They wanted to keep Him and ​ exterminate Him. The public prosecutor maliciously argued that He moving out will not ​ solve the issue, and that he will continue to cause “trouble to public”. Sri Nithya Atmaprabhananda paraphrases His Divine Holiness’ words thus: I was given a paper on which they asked me to sign, saying it was for my protection. I did not know a fresh case has been filed against me. Let me meet my lawyer.” But denying Him any right of defense, through an “abnormally rushed” proceedings, the DM directly passed 61 the order before the lawyer arrived. The most unlawful order was passed, remanding Him to 7 days of retention in the Mysore Central Prison. The Counsel arrived shortly. He requested for a copy of the FIR filed against His Divine Holiness and asked for time to prepare his arguments. Brushing aside his request amidst the “pre-meditated” operations, His Divine Holiness was taken away to the Mysore prison. And after that, the FIR copy was handed over to the lawyer! A disciple files “Habeas Corpus” petition - last hope to save His ​ Life Meanwhile, information reached the Senior Counsels that His Divine Holiness was being illegally whisked away by the Police in the wrong direction. It was a high red-alert for the Counsels. They clearly saw that He had been taken off-the-grid yet again, this time outside the purview of the judiciary. To secure His life, it warranted nothing less than a “habeas corpus petition” which would jolt the police to release Him. The “habeas corpus” was the remedy available to the meanest against the mightiest in high-danger situations. They rushed the disciples to file the petition IMMEDIATELY ​ against the State and Police for the ongoing unlawful acts. A habeas corpus petition means, requesting the Court to direct the Police to produce before it, “the person”, who is suspected to be in illegal detention, outside the purview of the Judiciary. The multiple attacks were all aligned towards finally invoking Section 107, 151 with the District Magistrate ensuring an arrest.
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