India, April 3 -- Members of fugitive self-styled godman Nithyananda's fictional country, Kailasa, were deported from Bolivia for allegedly attempting to seize land belonging to indigenous communities.

In a statement issued on March 25, officials in Bolivia said they had arrested 20 people associated with Kailasa. They were charged with "land trafficking" after they negotiated 1,000-year leases with Indigenous groups for swathes of the Amazon.

According to a New York Times report on Thursday, the agreements by Kailasa members were declared void and they were deported to their home countries, including India, the United States, Sweden and China.

"Bolivia does not maintain diplomatic relations with the alleged nation 'United States of Ka...