Godman bobbitise case: Woman’s mother denies rape charges
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, (DHNS): Ten days after a 23-year-old woman nearly chopped a god-man’s penis off while resisting his attempt to rape her in Thiruvananthapuram, the woman’s mother has thrown in a twist to the case by claiming that her daughter’s police complaint is false.
In a petition submitted to state police chief T P Senkumar, she claimed that her daughter attacked Sreehari, aka Gangeshananda Theerthapada (54), because the god-man was opposed to her relationship with a man. She said her daughter had not spoken to the “swami” for about 18 months due to differences over the relationship but had invited him to her home, in Kannammoola here, ahead of the May 19 incident.
According to the petitioner, her daughter has psychological issues. Sreehari was sleeping in the hall of her house when the attack happened and he had not entered her daughter’s room, she said. The petitioner did not state these details when she was interrogated by the police.
Sreehari, who was admitted in the Government Medical College and Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram, was booked under section 376 (rape) of the IPC and provisions of the Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. According to the woman’s statement, Sreehari had been raping her since she was a minor and the abuse continued for about eight years.
Sreehari was known to the woman’s family for many years and the family consulted him before taking important decisions.