Ahmedabad: The two young daughters of a former disciple of controversial self-styled god-man Nityanand, who has filed a complaint against him and his Ashram here for alleged ill-treatment with two of his minor children, did not turn up before the Gujarat high court here today.

The court which is hearing a habeas corpus petition for the production of the two major daughters, eldest of whom Lopamudra alias Tatwapriya Ananda is allegedly living abroad and the younger one Nityanandita who had reportedly fled abroad via Nepal. The petition has been filed by their father Tamilnadu based Janardan Sharma.

The court ordered the investigating agencies, police and other concerned authorities to produce them before the court by the next date of hearing fixed for December 10. The court observed that the duo should appear in the court personally and say whether or not they were under any kind of pressure. It also said that the police should take help of the concerned Indian embassy to know the location of the two girls. It said that the police should produce the two before it even if it had to go to Trinidad or some other country to get them.
The center should also help the agencies in it. The police on the other hand informed the court that Nityanandita had most likely fled out of the country.

Meanwhile, Nityanadita today again issued a video message in which she claimed that her affidavit that she was not under any pressure and not kidnapped by anyone and unwilling to go to her parents was self explanatory.

Earlier, a local court here had yesterday allowed two more days of remand of the two ladies associated with the Ashram of Nityanand including its local care-taker and young Sadhvi Pranpriya to the police for further investigation in the sensational case pertaining to alleged kidnapping and misbehaviour with two minor children of a former disciple. Pranpriya and her aide Priyatatva were arrested by police on November 20 morning. Police had got five days remand from the court that day.

Notably two young and major daughters of the complainant Tamilnadu based disciple of Nityanad, Janardan Sarma, the eldest Lopa Mudra (21) had gone abroad from Bengaluru Ashram while the other Nityanadita (19) has disappeared mysteriously. They had expressed their unwillingness to join her parents. However the younger two children his 14 year old third daughter and 12 year old son have been handed over to him and the basis of their statement the police has lodged the case.

Lopamudra had yesterday issued another video today and claimed that she had filed an affidavit that she has not been kidnapped by anyone. She has sent the copies of it to the Prime Minister, Chief Minister, Governor, Chief Justice of Gujarat and the DGP and the Human rights commission among others.

Lopa Mudra, had alleged that his father has done embezzlement of Ashram money.

Sarma’s advocate Priyesh Shah said that the two girls have so far produced around 30 videos but there whereabouts were not known. They should be produced before the court as there was apprehension that they have been kept under captivity by the Ashram people and the videos issued by them might have been issued under pressure.

On November 1 this month, Sarma, had approached the police claiming that the Nityanand ashram and the school run by it on the DPS leased school administration in Hathijan area of the city had forcefully kept four of his children including the three daughters. He later approached the court too. His second daughter Nityanadita dodged the police to escape most likely abroad via Nepal from here.

The whole episode took a nasty turn with the two young daughters addressing the media over video calls and dressed in saffron robes yet wearing designer ear-rings, made very serious allegations against their own parents. The eldest one had alleged that her father had done embezzlement of a huge some of Ashram money. They youngest one about whose whereabouts no one including the police is sure, claimed that her mother Bhuwaneshwari was in to an illicit relationship with another man.

The DPS amid growing criticism for handing over its land to the Ashram, had cancelled it. DPS principal Hitesh Puri had to face action in the regard was released on bail after arrest.

Meanwhile, four more of the ladies associated with the Ashram here reportedly left for Bengaluru where the main Ashram of the controversial god-man was situated.

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