Ex-Sumo Champ Beats Up Police But Fails to Save 'Sun Goddess'
Several policemen were seriously injured Tuesday
night when Futabayama, former Grand Champion of the Sumo World, attempted
to prevent the local police from taking Yoshiko Nagaoka 45, the self styled
"sun goddess" into custody for questioning.
Futabayama was said to have fought off the police
as if he were crazed, swinging chairs or throwing whatever articles he
could grab hold of with the mighty strength of a sumo wrestlers.
The incident started around 8 p.m. when the local
police received information that the self styled "sun goddess" was secretly
preparing to leave the city in fear of arrest.
A squad of some 30 police surrounded the home of
'jiko-san" for the purpose of taking her into custody for questioning.
Immediately, Futabayama created a one man riot in an attempt to prevent
his "sun goddess" from the police.
After a 30 minute fight with Futabayama, the police
finally succeeded in arresting the "Jiko-san" along with Futabayama and
several other followers.
The "sun goddess", the Yomiuri reports, refused
to appear at the Kanazawa Tamagawa police station Tuesday morning for questioning.
Instead, she sent the emissaries. They were her finance minister and two
maiden acolytes.
At the police station, they were questioned by a
psychiatrist and a whole battery of police chiefs. The verdict was "definitely
mentally unbalanced." So after two hours of interrogation, during which
the two acolytes slid into a trance, the three emissaries were released.
The physchiatrist said he believes that the "sun
goddess" herself may be a mental case.