Police also arrested the former administrative officer of the Murugha Math S K Basavarajan for allegedly stealing numerous photographs of the seer from the Ashram
Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru
The Chitradurga police have arrested a teacher for “tutoring and provoking” a survivor to file a case of sexual harassment against Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the Lingayat seer facing rape allegations.
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“We have arrested Basavarajendra for convincing the girl to lodge a complaint. An audio is also in circulation where the teacher is heard falsely convincing the girl, based on which the case was registered,” the Chitradurga superintendent of police Parashurama K told PTI.
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Police also arrested the former administrative officer of the Murugha Math S K Basavarajan for allegedly stealing numerous photographs of the seer from the Ashram. Based on a complaint by some minor girls living in the Ashram through a Mysuru based NGO ‘Odanadi Samsthe’, police arrested the seer on September 1. Murugha Matha pontiff Sharanaru has been in judicial custody since September 1.
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