Twist in bobbitisation case: Law student, lover plotted to harm Swami Gangeshananda

Swami Gangeshananda
Swami Gangeshananda. File photo: Manorama News

Thiruvananthapuram: In a major twist in the 2017 case regarding the chopping off the genitals of Swami Gangeshananda at Pettah here, the Crime Branch is planning to make the complainant and her friend the accused. They have sought legal opinion from the Director General of Prosecutor over the new move.

The woman and her friend had conspired to mutilate Gangeshananda, Crime Branch officials revealed.

Gangeshananda was bobbitised on the night of May 19, 2017 allegedly by a 23-year-old law student in self-defence while resisting his advances. The swami used to visit the young woman’s house regularly as he was close to her family.

However, the complainant later changed her statement before the High Court. She told the court that Gangeshananda had not harmed her, but carried out the act based on compulsion from her friend Ayyappadas. Incidentally, the woman’s family members also gave a statement in support of Gangeshananda.

The Crime Branch, during its probe, learnt that the woman and Ayyappadas considered Gangeshananda as a hindrance to their plan to live together and decided to harm him.

The idea to cut off Gangeshananda’s genitals was Ayyappadas’s, said officers.

“The woman and Ayyappadas watched YouTube videos on bobbitisation at Kollam and Alappuzha beaches and prepared the plan. Ayyappadas brought the knife for the act,” said an officer.

Meanwhile, procedures in the sexual harassment case against Gangeshananda will continue even though the complainant had retracted her statement, based on some Supreme Court orders, said the Crime Branch.  

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