New Delhi: The chief pontiff of Sri Murugha Mutt, Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, who has been accused of sexually assaulting minors, was arrested on Thursday (September 1, 2022), information company ANI reported citing Alok Kumar, ADGP, Regulation and Order Karnataka.
The seer has been arrested underneath the Safety of Youngsters from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) for the alleged sexual abuse of two highschool women.
“The arrested chief pontiff of Sri Murugha Mutt, Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru who was accused of sexually assaulting minors, will be produced before judge. Medical test and investigation will be done as per the procedure,” ANI quoted Alok Kumar as saying.
The pontiff, who had utilized for anticipatory bail in a Karnataka court docket on Monday, has additionally been charged underneath the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act as one of many two victims was from the SC group.
The police in Chitradurga had earlier this week produced the 2 victims for recording their statements underneath Part 164 of the Prison Process Code (CrPC).
Aside from the seer, a complete of 5 folks, together with the warden of the monastery’s hostel, are accused within the case.
It’s alleged that the 2 women, aged 15 and 16, finding out in a college run by the mathematics and residing in a hostel, additionally run by the monastery, have been sexually abused between January 2019 and June 2022.
Aside from the POCSO and the Prevention of Atrocities Act, circumstances have additionally been booked underneath varied sections of the Indian Penal Code(IPC) in opposition to the seer.
