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Mangaluru: Mysuru-based social activist Snehamayi Krishna has filed an online complaint at the Dharmasthala police station demanding the immediate arrest of YouTuber Sameer M D, complainant Sujatha Bhat, activists Girish Mattanavar, and Mahesh Shetty Thimarody for allegedly creating confusion in the minds of devotees.
Krishna, in his online complaint filed on Thursday, accused Sujatha Bhat of filing a fictitious complaint about her daughter Ananaya Bhat, studying in KMC, Manipal, going missing in Dharmasthala in 2003 and triggering feelings of apprehension in the minds of many devotees.
Krishna also said that YouTuber Sameer's AI video about Ananya Bhat, along with quotes from Mattanavar and Thimarody, triggers apprehensions among the devotees.
The combined efforts not only point out a conspiracy to tarnish the reputation of Dharmasthala but also aim at disturbing the harmony, he said in the complaint.
Krishna has also attached two DVDs to back his complaint, sources in the Dharmasthala police station said.
Meanwhile, a local court in Mangaluru granted anticipatory bail to Sameer. A team from Dharmasthala police station reached Bannerghatta to arrest the YouTuber.