Bengaluru: CCB sleuths have served a notice to Swami Nityananda of Bidadi Ashram after a video of the seer encouraging people to smoke ganja was posted on the social media platform.

In the video message, posted by Nityananda, he can be heard saying that one can fly if they smoke ganja. Taking offence to the comments, a few people lodged a complaint against Nityananda.

Following the complaint, CCB police visited his Bidadi ashram and served him the notice ordering him to attend the interrogation. But as currently, he is out of station his disciples received the notice, informed sources.