Self-styled godman Nithyananda on Monday underwent the potency test at a Bangalore hospital in connection with a rape case lodged by his former disciple in 2010. Last week, the Supreme Court had ordered Nithyananda to take the potency test after it dismissed his appeal against an order of the Karnataka High Court that directed him to undergo medical test to find out whether or not he was capable of having sexual intercourse. The High Court had also directed the investigating agency to collect his blood and voice samples. The potency test on Nithyananda commenced at 7 am and concluded at 2.30 pm at Victoria Hospital. According to the hospital sources, multi-disciplinary tests such as physical, medical and psychological were conducted on Nithyananda to assess if the 36-year-old was potent to perform a sexual act. While refusing to disclose the test results, hospital sources said the report will be handed over to Karnataka Criminal Investigation Department by Tuesday afternoon. “The patient was cooperative and conscious throughout the session and the test went smoothly,” a senior doctor of the hospital said on the condition of anonymity. “Based on these assessments, we can only conclude if the patient is potent or not, that’s it. We cannot directly link him to a particular case of sexual crime,” the doctor said. Nithyananda was later taken to Forensic Science Laboratory, where his voice samples were collected. These samples will be corroborated with the telephonic recording made by Lenin Karuppan, in which the former disciple has alleged that Nithyananda had confessed to his sexual encounters with an actor. The recording went viral on social-networking websites in early March 2010.
