The Karnataka police has initiated search for self styled godman Nityananda after Chief Minister Sadnand Gowda issued orders yesterday to enquire into activities of the ashram in Bidadi near Bangalore. The latest trouble for the controversial religious leader began after a Kannada TV channel started telecasting complaints by a few women that they were sexually exploited by the godman. Several socialactivists including Kannada organisations had held a protest against the swamy last Sunday. Two battalions of KSRP have been deployed outside the main gate of the ashram since last Sunday. Nityananda has been on bail since June 2010 after he was arrested from Solan in Himachal Pradesh. He had gone into hiding for about a month in March-April 2010 after a Tamil TV channel aired a video showing him indulging in sexual acts. After being picked up by Karnataka Police, he was in a Bangalore jail for seven weeks before getting bail from the local court.