The probe into the suicide case of Basavalingeshwara Swamy, a seer of the Kunchagal Bande Mutt in Karnataka’s Ramanagara district, revealed that he was reportedly “blackmailed” by an nameless individual, the police mentioned Tuesday. Swamy (44) was discovered hanging in his room within the mutt Monday morning.
The mutt is situated within the Magadi taluk, 50km away from Bengaluru. The police mentioned they discovered a dying word and a listing of names, together with an nameless lady’s identify. Because the investigations are underway, the police refused to disclose the names.
Ramanagara SP Santosh Babu mentioned that an investigation has been launched to search for the nameless caller which has been talked about within the dying word. “Within the dying word, the seer talked about about an nameless caller which had pushed him to despair. A dying word has been recovered from the spot the place he died and we’re investigating it,” he added.
Within the criticism registered by 53-year-old Ramesh, a instructor by career, he met the seer round 5 am Sunday and the subsequent day round 6.10 am, mutt workers Ambareesh referred to as him over the telephone and mentioned the seer was discovered lifeless. He additionally knowledgeable that the seer was attending a name and the room was shut from inside.
In response to police sources, a two-page dying word has been discovered which shared particulars of how he was being harassed for about 6-7 months however the motive behind the harassment can’t be disclosed at this level of the probe, the police mentioned.
The mutt has a historical past of greater than 400 years. The police mentioned they’ve registered a case of abetment to suicide and investigation is on. The seer’s final rites had been carried out Monday night, after finishing due protocol, together with an post-mortem.
It may be recalled that the pinnacle of the Chilume Math, Basavalinga Swamy, was additionally discovered hanging similarly. Upset over his deteriorating well being and reported to be affected by despair, the seer died by suicide.