Yoga guru arrested for sexually assaulting female student of Bengaluru centre

The RR Nagar police arrested a Bengaluru-based yoga teacher and secretary for the State yoga sports association on September 17 for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor student multiple times assuring placement and foreign trips.

The accused, M. Niranjana Murthy, 55, is the founder and director of Sunshine The Yoga Zone at RR Nagar. He was booked under the POCSO Act. Further investigations are on to ascertain whether there are similar complaints from other women students .

Based on the complaint by the girl, Murthy was booked under Sections 69 (sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means) and 75(2) (sexual harassment) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and Section 12 (punishment for sexual harassment) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.