The Chitradurga police Thursday arrested former administrator of Muruga mutt S Ok Basavarajan for allegedly orchestrating the theft of 47 images of rape-accused seer Shivamurthy Sharanaru from the mutt premises. Sharanaru was arrested in September.
Basavarajan, additionally an ex-MLA, was nabbed based mostly on a criticism by the in-charge seer of the Muruga mutt, Basavaprabhu Swamiji, on October 6. The police are additionally looking out for his spouse Soubhagya.
After Basavaprabhu Swamiji’s criticism, the police took the statements of Mohan Murthy and Shivanadaswamy, who have been arrested by the Chitradurga rural police on November 7. Whereas Mohan Murthy was a member of the Hosahalli gram panchayat, Shivanadaswamy was a lecturer at a personal faculty. The 2 had named Basavarajan and Soubhagya and had claimed that they have been requested to steal the images.
As soon as near Sharanaru, Basavarajan fell out with him over a property dispute. He’s mentioned to be instrumental in exposing Sharanaru, who’s accused of sexually harassing minor ladies, which ultimately led to his arrest in September this yr.
Trainer arrested
The police arrested a instructor for “falsely convincing” a survivor to lodge a criticism in opposition to Sharanaru.
The accused was recognized as Basavarajendra. Chitradurga Superintendent of Police Parashuram Ok mentioned, “An audio was circulated the place the instructor was heard falsely convincing a lady. Based mostly on this, a case was registered.”