'My daughter is mentally ill, her boyfriend bobbited swami': Girl's mother defends 'innocent' godman

In a fresh twist to the godman bobbiting case, the girl's mother has now filed a complaint against her daughter with the state police chief and the women's commission, saying the girl is a mental patient and that Sreehari aka Swami Gangeshananda did not sexually assault her.

In the complaint filed in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday, the mother also alleged her daughter had an affair with another man to which the godman had objected. This angered the girl and she attacked Sreehari in an act of revenge, the woman pointed out in her complaint, adding that she suspects the girl's boyfriend helped her in chopping off the godman's genitals.

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The mother, who came to the police headquarters along with the girl's brother, stated that the family knew Sreehari for several years and he used to stay at their house when he visits the capital. 

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The mother also alleged conspiracy in the incident saying that, the girl had rushed to a top police official's house right after bobbiting Sreehari. She said she and her husband were then called to the police station and forced to give a statement, saying the Swami had sexually assaulted their daughter and demanded Rs 40 lakhs from them.

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Sreehari was bobbited by the 23-year-old woman in Pettah near Thiruvananthapuram last week, in an incident that shocked the country. The girl had claimed that the godman, who had been frequenting her house to perform pujas to bring relief to her bed-ridden father, has been sexually abusing her for seven years.

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