Karnataka Seer Arrested

The pontiff of the Chitradurga Murugharajendra Bruhan Math was arrested on Monday, hours after a Court issued a non-bailable warrant in the second Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act case pending against him.

Murugha Mutt seer Dr Shivamurthy Sharanaru was arrested amid mounting pressure from civil society over the case last year and has been in judicial custody since then.

Days after the death by suicide of a Lingayat seer, Basavalinga Swami, in Karnataka, a 21-year-old woman and a seer from a rival mutt have been arrested for allegedly blackmailing him.

Chief pontiff of Murugha Math Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, who is accused of sexually harassing minor high-school girls, underwent various medical tests at the Chitradurga district hospital on Saturday, sources said.

Noted journalist and Ramon Magsaysay awardee P Sainath on Friday said he is returning the Basavashree award, which was conferred on him by the Murugha Math in 2017.

Late night, September 1. The police in Chitradurga, Karnataka, moved in to arrest a man charged with the rape of two minor girls. The police had put in place considerable security before the arrest - including barricades and extra personnel.

Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, a religious leader of Karnataka's politically powerful Lingayat community, who was arrested yesterday over rape allegations, will be in police custody for four days.

Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru: Chief pontiff of Murugha Math Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, who has been arrested for alleged sexual abuse of high school girls and sent to judicial custody, was taken to the district hospital in Chitradurga on Friday.

Shivamurthy Sharanaru, a religious leader of Karnataka's politically powerful Lingayat community, was arrested yesterday after massive pressure from the civil society. Two minor girls have accused him of rape and a case was filed 6 days ago.

Dalit organisations staged a protest in Karnataka's Chitradurga on Tuesday, demanding the immediate arrest of Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the chief pontiff of Murugha Math, who has been booked under the POCSO Act for alleged sexual abuse.

A local seer was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the poisoning of prasad at a temple in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar that killed 15 people.

Karnataka's popular Lingayat seer Siddalinga Swami has died at Gadag, state's northwest region, a member of his Thontadarya Mutt said today. He was 69. "Doctors at a private hospital declared Swamiji dead today (Saturday) morning after a massive cardiac arrest," the member told reporters at Gadag, about 390 km from Bengaluru.

The pontiff of the Chitradurga Murugharajendra Bruhan Math was arrested on Monday, hours after a Court issued a non-bailable warrant in the second Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act case pending against him.

Murugha Mutt seer Dr Shivamurthy Sharanaru was arrested amid mounting pressure from civil society over the case last year and has been in judicial custody since then.

Days after the death by suicide of a Lingayat seer, Basavalinga Swami, in Karnataka, a 21-year-old woman and a seer from a rival mutt have been arrested for allegedly blackmailing him.

Chief pontiff of Murugha Math Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, who is accused of sexually harassing minor high-school girls, underwent various medical tests at the Chitradurga district hospital on Saturday, sources said.

Noted journalist and Ramon Magsaysay awardee P Sainath on Friday said he is returning the Basavashree award, which was conferred on him by the Murugha Math in 2017.

Late night, September 1. The police in Chitradurga, Karnataka, moved in to arrest a man charged with the rape of two minor girls. The police had put in place considerable security before the arrest - including barricades and extra personnel.

Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, a religious leader of Karnataka's politically powerful Lingayat community, who was arrested yesterday over rape allegations, will be in police custody for four days.

Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru: Chief pontiff of Murugha Math Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, who has been arrested for alleged sexual abuse of high school girls and sent to judicial custody, was taken to the district hospital in Chitradurga on Friday.

Shivamurthy Sharanaru, a religious leader of Karnataka's politically powerful Lingayat community, was arrested yesterday after massive pressure from the civil society. Two minor girls have accused him of rape and a case was filed 6 days ago.

Dalit organisations staged a protest in Karnataka's Chitradurga on Tuesday, demanding the immediate arrest of Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the chief pontiff of Murugha Math, who has been booked under the POCSO Act for alleged sexual abuse.

A local seer was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the poisoning of prasad at a temple in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar that killed 15 people.

Karnataka's popular Lingayat seer Siddalinga Swami has died at Gadag, state's northwest region, a member of his Thontadarya Mutt said today. He was 69. "Doctors at a private hospital declared Swamiji dead today (Saturday) morning after a massive cardiac arrest," the member told reporters at Gadag, about 390 km from Bengaluru.