A primary data report (FIR) was registered towards Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the pontiff of Jagadguru Murugarajendra Vidyapeetha Mutt in Karnataka’s Chitradurga, on Thursday evening alleging sexual assault of minor ladies, mentioned police.
That is the second case filed towards the seer beneath the Safety of Youngsters In opposition to Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for sexually assaulting minor ladies dwelling within the hostel run by the ashram. The primary case was registered on August 25.
The grievance was lodged with the Nazarbad police in Mysuru by the Little one Welfare Committee. In keeping with the police, two minor ladies, aged 12 and 14 years, have been finding out within the Sri Jagadguru Murugha (SJM) instructional establishments run by the mutt. The grievance was lodged by the dad and mom of the 2 ladies who have been working with the mutt,” mentioned a senior police officer.
The ladies have been finding out in SJM establishment and stayed within the Akka Mahadevi hostel of the mutt.The seer allegedly sexually assaulted the ladies who have been requested to “serve the seer”.
The mom of the 2 minor ladies (title withheld) mentioned that she has been working on the mutt as a cook dinner for six years and left two daughters within the Akka Mahadevi hostel run by the mutt because the household couldn’t afford their training. Within the grievance, the mom mentioned that the assault came about through the Covid lockdown in 2020 and so they have been sexually assaulted repeatedly.
She additional claimed that the individuals working with the seer threatened her daughter to go to the seer inside his room.
The household approached Mysuru NGO Odanadi, which had helped the survivors within the first case towards the seer to strategy the police. The NGO took the minor woman to the Little one Welfare Committee, who after counselling them, registered a police grievance.
The FIR beneath POCSO was filed towards Shivamurthy Sharana, hostel warden Rashmi, younger seer Basavaraditya, mutt staff Paramashivaiah, Gangadharaiah, Maha lingaiah and Karibasappa, mentioned police.
Sharanaru, who heads the Jagadguru Murugarajendra Vidyapeetha Mutt, was arrested late on September 1 after days of intense public stress. He’s accused of raping two ladies, 15 and 16 years outdated, between 2019 and 2022, and was booked by the police for rape beneath the POCSO Act 2012 on August 25.
The mutt is among the many most influential spiritual centres for the politically influential Lingayat group, believed to be the only largest caste group in Karnataka.
The second extra session court docket Chitradurga has rejected the bail software of the Shivamurthy seer and remanded them to judicial custody until October 21. Within the first order of bail rejection, choose Komala noticed that the deposition of the survivors made beneath 164 CRPC complained that many woman college students have been sexually assaulted by the seer.
Sharanaru earlier claimed that the case towards him is a conspiracy and mentioned that he’ll come out clear. He claimed that the case was a part of a long-drawn conspiracy towards him. He indicated an inside job and vowed to return out clear. The seer additionally mentioned he was law-abiding and can cooperate with the investigation.
Sharanaru on April 13 final filed a go well with in Bengaluru metropolis civil court docket looking for course to main media homes to not publish something in regards to the mutt and him. However the court docket rejected the attraction of the seer.