<p>The incident took place as 32-year-old Nityananda was about to sit in a police vehicle after being produced before a judicial magistrate, who remanded him to police custody for four days last night, police said.<br /><br />About 50 to 60 onlookers had gathered outside Judicial Magistrate Puspavathi's home and as soon as Nityananda came out and was about to sit in the vehicle, an onlooker flung a slipper and yelled at him, hurling expletives, a police official said.<br /><br />Nityananda, along with his close aide Nitya Bhaktananda, who was also arrested and brought from Solan in Himachal Pradesh, was taken away by police, he said.<br />The duo have been lodged in a special cell at the CID (Criminal Investigation Department) office in the city.<br /><br />After remaining elusive for more than a month, Nityananda was arrested along with four associates in a joint operation by Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh police teams in Solan district on Wednesday.<br /><br />Tamil Nadu police had registered cases for various crimes, including rape, against Nityananda before transferring them to Karnataka police.<br /><br />The cases were registered after TV channels telecast purported video footage showing Nityananda in a compromising position with a Tamil actress.<br /><br />Nityananda, however, has denied the allegations and announced he would lead a life of "spiritual seclusion" after quitting as head of his ashram in Bidadi in the outskirts of Bangalore.</p>
<p>The incident took place as 32-year-old Nityananda was about to sit in a police vehicle after being produced before a judicial magistrate, who remanded him to police custody for four days last night, police said.<br /><br />About 50 to 60 onlookers had gathered outside Judicial Magistrate Puspavathi's home and as soon as Nityananda came out and was about to sit in the vehicle, an onlooker flung a slipper and yelled at him, hurling expletives, a police official said.<br /><br />Nityananda, along with his close aide Nitya Bhaktananda, who was also arrested and brought from Solan in Himachal Pradesh, was taken away by police, he said.<br />The duo have been lodged in a special cell at the CID (Criminal Investigation Department) office in the city.<br /><br />After remaining elusive for more than a month, Nityananda was arrested along with four associates in a joint operation by Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh police teams in Solan district on Wednesday.<br /><br />Tamil Nadu police had registered cases for various crimes, including rape, against Nityananda before transferring them to Karnataka police.<br /><br />The cases were registered after TV channels telecast purported video footage showing Nityananda in a compromising position with a Tamil actress.<br /><br />Nityananda, however, has denied the allegations and announced he would lead a life of "spiritual seclusion" after quitting as head of his ashram in Bidadi in the outskirts of Bangalore.</p>