In a habeas corpus petition, a man claimed that he and the girl werein love for more than a year and he used to visit her house occasionally. He alleged the girl wastaken away forcibly from her house as a result of a criminal conspiracy hatched by some people close to the godman.
It was done at a time when investigation into the case was progressing, he submitted.
The 23-year-old woman had allegedly cut off the genitals of a man when he reportedly tried to rape her at her home in Pettah in Thiruvananthapuram last month.
The woman in her complaint had stated that the accused has been known to her family for the past few years and has been harassing her since she was a minor.
He frequented her home for performing poojas and used to assault her during the visits, the complaint had said.