"Disability Result Of Misdeeds": Remark By 'Guru' Sparks Row, Detained

'Maha Vishnu', a spirtual orator and founder of an NGO, made the controversial statement at a government school in Chennai.

A spiritual orator's controversial statement at a government school in Chennai that disabilities and deformities are the result of misdeeds committed in past lives has sparked a controversy and led to him being detained by the police.

'Maha Vishnu', the founder of NGO Paramporul Foundation, had made the comment at a government school, where he was invited to deliver a motivational speech recently. A video also shows him arguing with a specially abled teacher who objected to his remark on disabilities.

The spiritual orator was detained on Saturday upon his arrival from Australia.