Thiruvananthapuram: A godman Swami Gangeshananda Theerthapada has been deprived of his manhood by a 23-year-old law student who slashed his vital organ when he tried to rape her at Kannamoola, near here, on Friday night.
The swami was booked for rape under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. The police took the statement of the girl but no case was registered against him, said Inspector-General Manoj Abraham.
The police said the family of the girl had been associated with the godman eight years ago when he started offering special pujas for the recovery of her paralysed and bed-ridden father, an ex-service man.
The godman first claimed he injured himself. However, he later retracted it and gave a statement that the woman had attacked him. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan applauded the girl for bold action and offered to support her.
