The Tamil Nadu police have been intensifying the case against self-styled godman Siva Shankar Baba, who has been accused of sexually harassing and intimidating the students of a school that he founded, under the guise of branding himself as Lord Krishna. The shocking allegations have come to light in line with similar testimonies made by scores of students of prestigious schools in Chennai. 

Siva Shankar is the latest to join the awful club and the 73-year-old godman has been accused of assaulting the students for the past two decades. He is the founder of Sushil Hari International School in Kelambakkam in the outskirts of Chennai. Baba has lost his mask as a godman when several alumni and current students of the school had broken their silence and revealed his other face, which is a serial assaulter. 

The allegations against whom the students and parents thought to be a saint and light of the future had immensely shocked the state and beyond after he turned the future of the students dark. Several students have reached out to the media and placed their testimonies and trauma they went through inside Baba's circle. Each testimony was in a kind of stunner as the students said that he would force them to see porn, drinking alcohol, and have sex with them. 

Siva Shankar would convince a girl that he is Lord Krishna and she should consider herself as 'Gopika' in previous birth. He would then possess the girl to have sex with him and besides teaching them about different sexual methods, the godman would preach to the students about the importance of having sex with him, and his obnoxious behaviour under the godman avatar was said to have continued for two decades.

With several shocking allegations on the floor against Siva Sankar, the Tamil Nadu police have swung into action, and based on the allegations, the Chengalpattu police had registered multiple FIRs against the godman. The police say that three separate FIRs have been filed in the All Women's Police Station in Mamallapuram and a police offer in the rank of DSP has been appointed as the Investigating Officer in the case. 

The FIRs have been filed under several sections of the Prevention of Children against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and under the Indian Penal Code. While the POCSO act has been invoked against the godman, the Tamil Nadu government has on Sunday transferred the case to CBCID (Crime Branch- Crime Investigation Department) with the reports that the godman could be residing out of Tamil Nadu. 

Earlier, the Child Rights Protection Commission in Tamil Nadu has summoned Siva Shankar Baba, Sushil Hari School Correspondent Venkataraman, Principal, and three teachers for an investigation into the matter. However, Siva Shankar had skipped the summon and sent his representation. The school management has claimed that Siva Shankar Baba has been suffering from heart ailments and he has been getting treated at a hospital in Dehradun, Uttarakhand since June 9. 

Based on the claim that the godman is in Uttarakhand, the government has transferred the case of CBCID as the probe is extending to another state. The Tamil Nadu police have been intensifying the grip against the godman in collecting all the appropriate evidence related to the case. According to the latest reports, three special police teams have been formed to gather evidence against the godman while CBCID will begin to coordinate with the Uttarakhand government. On the other hand, as the sequel of the shocking allegations, the demand grows in Tamil Nadu to the government to take over the school administration.