Bangalore: Breaking her silence over the controversy, Tamil actress Ranjitha says she is not the woman seen in a video having sex with "godman" Nithyananda. (Read: Sex CD sells for Rs 1000)
Ranjitha's Delhi-based legal consultants PM Law Chambers (PMLC) have issued notices to Google and YouTube, asking them to remove the video clips from their portals within 72 hours ending May 2, failing which "appropriate action" would be taken against them for defamation.
"Our client dissociates herself from the said video which has caused danger to her life, limb and property," a statement from PMLC said on Thursday.
PMLC denied Ranjitha gave any media interviews and said she had not made any statement before the Bangalore CID, which is questioning Nithyananda, who is under arrest on various charges.
"The authenticity and originality of the alleged person featuring in the video taken clandestinely has to stand the test of admissibility before being treated as evidence in the Courts of Law," it said.
"The video clips, which clearly amount to gross violation of various laws of India, have malicious, diabolical and destructive intent, and are clearly aimed at bringing harm to the actress," it added.
Those who were airing and publishing the video clips were doing so for commercial interests, it claimed, adding the actress had "authorised" the firm to initiate legal action against such persons.
The controversy over Nityananda started in the first week of March after some TV channels aired video footage allegedly showing the actress having sex with him.
(Read: Chappal offering for Sex Swami)Tamil Nadu police registered various cases including rape against Nityananda before transferring them to Karnataka where his ashram is headquartered at Bidadi near Bangalore. He was arrested from Solan in Himachal Pradesh recently in a joint operation by Karnataka police and their counterparts in the hilly state.
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