Chief pontiff of prominent mutt in Karnataka among 5 booked under POCSO Act
2 years, 3 months ago

Chief pontiff of prominent mutt in Karnataka among 5 booked under POCSO Act

Hindustan Times  

Chief pontiff of a Chitradurga-based prominent mutt is among the five people booked by the police under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, for allegedly sexually abusing high school girls, police sources said on Saturday. According to police sources, the complaint is based on the statement of two girls, who accused the seer of 'sexually abusing' them for nearly couple of years now and others of allegedly supporting or cooperating for the same. The girls are said to have approached the 'Odanadi Seva Samsthe', a social non-governmental organisation based in Mysuru, and narrated the abuse during the counselling on Friday night, following which Odanadi approached the authorities. The Mysuru police have done preliminary legal formalities and the case may get transferred to a jurisdictional police station in Chitradurga, as the incident occurred there, sources added.

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Released in Pocso case, man repeats crime, arrested in Coimbatore
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Released in Pocso case, man repeats crime, arrested in Coimbatore

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: All-Women Police arrested a 35-year-old man under Pocso Act for second time for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl. The suspect, who is from Rajapalayam in Virudhunagar, married the elder sister of the victim’s mother, and lived in Tiruppur. All Women Police in Coimbatore City arrested him in May under Pocso Act. Based on a complaint lodged by the girl’s …

Headmaster Guardian Of Entire School, Must Immediately Intimate Authorities Of Incidents Under POCSO Act: Madras HC Refuses To Quash Proceedings
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Headmaster Guardian Of Entire School, Must Immediately Intimate Authorities Of Incidents Under POCSO Act: Madras HC Refuses To Quash Proceedings

Live Law  

While refusing to set aside the criminal proceedings initiated against a school headmaster, the Madras High Court emphasised that the Headmaster was the guardian of the entire school and was expected to report any instances under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. If any incident covered under POCSO Act has taken place, the same has to be immediately …

Kerala: Three shelter home caretakers arrested for assaulting toddler, injuries to genitals found
3 weeks ago

Kerala: Three shelter home caretakers arrested for assaulting toddler, injuries to genitals found

India TV News  

Kerela police have detained three caretakers of a child welfare home in Thiruvananthapuram on charges of assaulting a two-and-a-half-year-old girl. The arrests were made after the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare filed a complaint accusing the trio of injuring the child as punishment for bedwetting causing injuries to her genitals. Reports indicate the child was frequently punished for bedwetting, …

Actress who accused Malayalam star Mukesh of rape withdraws complaint, says no 'support and protection from government'
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1 month ago

Actress who accused Malayalam star Mukesh of rape withdraws complaint, says no 'support and protection from government'

Hindustan Times  

A 51-year-old Malayalam actress who had levelled sexual abuse allegations against several male actors, including CPI MLA M Mukesh, on Friday said she was not keen on pursuing her complaints due to "lack of support and protection from the Kerala government". Malayalam actor and MLA, Mukesh, was accused of sexual abuse by a female actor The complainant also alleged "carelessness" …

BJP worker booked under Pocso for sexually harassing minor in Karnataka’s Mandya - Karnataka News
1 month, 1 week ago

BJP worker booked under Pocso for sexually harassing minor in Karnataka’s Mandya - Karnataka News

India Today  

A woman has filed a police complaint against her landlord and a local BJP worker in Karnataka’s Mandya accusing him of sexually harassing her 12-year-old daughter and employing threats to silence her family. The complainant accused Ramesh, a former Gram Panchayat President when he was affiliated with Congress, to have allegedly made inappropriate advances toward her child in her absence. …

Chandigarh: Madrasa teacher held for sexually assaulting minor boy
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Chandigarh: Madrasa teacher held for sexually assaulting minor boy

Hindustan Times  

A 24-year-old teacher at a madrasa in Manimajra was arrested on Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old student. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Police said during school hours, the teacher called the boy and asked him to massage his legs, following which, he touched him inappropriately. {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} The accused has been charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual …

Two teachers face Pocso case for harassing boys in Tamil Nadu
3 months, 1 week ago

Two teachers face Pocso case for harassing boys in Tamil Nadu

New Indian Express  

TIRUNELVELI: The Tirunelveli city police have arrested two male teachers of a government-aided school under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act on Wednesday for allegedly sexually harassing at least three Class VII boys. Based on the instruction of the Tirunelveli City Police Commissioner, Rupesh Kumar Meena, the police personnel conducted an inquiry with the victims, parents and the …

Badlapur assault: Accused in judicial custody, SIT to conduct identification parade
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Badlapur assault: Accused in judicial custody, SIT to conduct identification parade

Hindustan Times  

A special POCSO court in Kalyan on Monday remanded the 24-year-old cleaning staffer accused of sexually assaulting the two girls to 14 days’ judicial custody. The SIT appointed by the state government presented the accused in court and outlined its course of action, including plans to conduct an identification parade and efforts to identify additional victims if any. Public prosecutor …

Badlapur assault case: SIT registers FIR against school authorities
4 months ago

Badlapur assault case: SIT registers FIR against school authorities

Op India  

The special investigation team for Badlapur sexual assault against minors has registered an FIR against the school authorities, for not complying with the provisions of section 19 of the POCSO Act which mandates that every authority when they come to know about any such kind of sexual assault against minors are obligated to report this to police authorities for further …

POCSO victim’s uncle booked for influencing her in mutt sexual abuse case
6 months, 3 weeks ago

POCSO victim’s uncle booked for influencing her in mutt sexual abuse case

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru: The Chitradurga police registered a case against a person for allegedly pressuring a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences victim against withdrawing her complaint where she accused Chitradurga’s Murugharajendra Bruhanmutt pontiff Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru of sexually harassing her, police said. POCSO victim’s uncle booked for influencing her in mutt sexual abuse case The 15-year-old girl approached the Child Welfare …

Former Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa booked under POCSO for alleged sexual assault of minor
9 months, 1 week ago

Former Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa booked under POCSO for alleged sexual assault of minor

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Senior BJP leader and former chief minister BS Yediyurappa, who is 81 years old, has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act after a complaint was filed by the mother of a 17-year-old girl. While the state government referred the case to the Criminal Investigation Department, Yediyurappa termed the allegations baseless and said he is …

Ex- CM Booked Under POCSO in Karnataka
9 months, 1 week ago

Ex- CM Booked Under POCSO in Karnataka

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has been booked under Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 at Sadashivanagar police station in Bengaluru city on Thursday evening after a woman alleged that the BJP leader allegedly indulged in sexual assault on her minor daughter. According to the victim’s mother, she took her daughter to …

Karnataka: FIR filed against BS Yediyurappa under POCSO for alleged sexual assault of minor, former CM reacts
9 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka: FIR filed against BS Yediyurappa under POCSO for alleged sexual assault of minor, former CM reacts

India TV News  

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa has been accused of allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl and booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, news agency ANI reported. A complaint was filed by the mother of a 17-year-old girl, accusing the former Chief Minister of sexual assault during a …

Clerk arrested over students’ rape on school premises in Karnataka
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Clerk arrested over students’ rape on school premises in Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

A 46-year-old government high school clerk was arrested on Tuesday for his involvement in the rape of students in the school premises, said Gurumitkal police of Yadagiri district. The headmaster had been allegedly raping a few 10th Class students over the past three months His arrest comes over two weeks after the school’s headmaster Hanume Gowda was nabbed for raping …

POCSO Act | Repeatedly Following, Watching Or Contacting Child With Sexual Intent Amounts To Sexual Harassment : Jharkhand High Court
11 months, 2 weeks ago

POCSO Act | Repeatedly Following, Watching Or Contacting Child With Sexual Intent Amounts To Sexual Harassment : Jharkhand High Court

Live Law  

The Jharkhand High Court has ruled that engaging in persistent acts of following, watching, or contacting a child with sexual intent constitutes sexual harassment under Section 11 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. As such, the act of the present petitioner comes within periphery of section 11 of the POCSO Act, 2012 which amounts sexual harassment …

Hostel warden booked in Bagalkot district for sexual harassment of girl students: Police
1 year ago

Hostel warden booked in Bagalkot district for sexual harassment of girl students: Police

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru: Police said a case was registered against the accused warden under Pocso Act based on the complaint filed by the school principal. A case has been registered against a hostel warden in Bagalkot district for allegedly sexually harassing minor girl students, police said on Wednesday. “It has come to my notice after a few parents filed a complaint two …

Posco accused Karnataka pontiff takes back charge of mutt
1 year ago

Posco accused Karnataka pontiff takes back charge of mutt

Hindustan Times  

The administrative responsibilities of Sri Jagadguru Murugharajendra mutt in Chitradurga district of Karnataka have been transferred back to pontiff Shivamurthy Sharanaru, who is facing charges under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and was released from judicial custody on bail last month, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. Murughamutt pontiff Shivamurthy Sharanaru, who is facing Pocso …

HC grants conditional bail to Muruga mutt’s chief pontiff in Pocso case
1 year, 1 month ago

HC grants conditional bail to Muruga mutt’s chief pontiff in Pocso case

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka high court on Wednesday granted conditional bail to the former chief pontiff of Chitradurga Muruga Mutt, Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, in connection with the alleged sexual harassment of a minor girl. Muruga mutt’s chief pontiff Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru gets conditional bail in Pocso case. As per the order, the chief pontiff cannot be released from jail, though he was …

Cops book PT teacher for abusing Class 8 girl in Attapur
1 year, 4 months ago

Cops book PT teacher for abusing Class 8 girl in Attapur

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The PT instructor of a private school on Saturday was charged for misbehaving and harassing girl students at Attapur. The accused, Vishnu, was not only harassing girls in the school but also making phone calls, parents of one victim complained to the Attapur police. “He used to touch my daughter’s chest and referred to her and other girls as …

Arunachal: 21 minor students sexually abused by warden, Gauhati HC takes suo moto case
1 year, 5 months ago

Arunachal: 21 minor students sexually abused by warden, Gauhati HC takes suo moto case

Op India  

On Friday, July 21, the Gauhati High Court has taken up a suo moto case of sexual abuse of 21 students by the warden of a residential school in Arunachal Pradesh and cancelled the bail application granted to the accused by a trial court earlier in February this year. While cancelling the bail granted to the accused by a Special …

Karnataka High Court Quashes POCSO Case Against Man Who Dropped Minor Victim At Her Home On Instructions Of Main Accused
1 year, 6 months ago

Karnataka High Court Quashes POCSO Case Against Man Who Dropped Minor Victim At Her Home On Instructions Of Main Accused

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings launched under the Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act against a man who dropped the minor victim at her home on the instructions of main accused. are juxtaposed to each other and read in tandem what can be unmistakably inferred is that the role of the petitioner nowhere figures before …

Prominent mutt’s poll sway under lens as key seer face rape charges
1 year, 7 months ago

Prominent mutt’s poll sway under lens as key seer face rape charges

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru Political leaders started to visit mutts to seek blessings ahead of Karnataka elections. In Chitradurga in central Karnataka, the sexual assault allegations against prominent Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru have, however, cast a looming shadow over the political influence of the Murugha mutt. After the arrest of Shivamurthy Sharanaru, Davangere-based Virakta Mutt seer Basavaprabhu was appointed the in-charge pontiff …

Lingayat Mutt Scandal: No Sexual Assault Injuries Found on Minors, Says Chief Medical Officer
1 year, 11 months ago

Lingayat Mutt Scandal: No Sexual Assault Injuries Found on Minors, Says Chief Medical Officer

News 18  

A medical report of the two minor girls, who have accused the chief pontiff of Sri Murugha Mutt Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru of sexual assault, has revealed that they suffered no injuries indicating sexual assault, according to a report on Wednesday. The Chief Medical Officer of Chitradurga district hospital, who conducted the medical examination of the girls, told NDTV, “As per …

Court restrains jailed seer from interfering in mutt activities
2 years ago

Court restrains jailed seer from interfering in mutt activities

Hindustan Times  

Exercising powers under the Religious Institutions Act, 1988, Chitradurga second additional and sessions court judge B K Komala on Thursday ordered Sri Jagadguru Murugharajendra Mutt pontiff Shivamurthy Sharanaru not to interfere with any affairs of SJM mutt or SJM educational institutions. Shivamurthy Sharanaru, facing two Pocso cases, is in judicial custody since September 2. The SJM mutt pontiff, facing two …

POCSO case against Nellore school head, bus driver
2 years ago

POCSO case against Nellore school head, bus driver

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupati: Balaji Nagar Police have booked a case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act against the correspondent of a private school and its bus driver for allegedly abusing an eighth standard girl student sexually. Two days ago, the mother of the girl student had staged a sit-in for more than two hours before the correspondent's Nakshatra School located …

Karnataka: Man booked for harassing minor girl for marriage
2 years, 1 month ago

Karnataka: Man booked for harassing minor girl for marriage

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka Police on Wednesday booked a man under the new 'anti-conversion Act' for allegedly luring a girl of another religion in the Nagamangala town of Mandya district. A man, identified as Yunash Pasha, is accused of taking objectionable pictures of the girl and harassing her for marriage. The man, identified as Yunash Pasha, is accused of taking objectionable pictures …

Tamil Nadu: Headmaster 'instigates' schoolgirls to file 'fake' sexual harassment complaint against teacher, booked
2 years, 1 month ago

Tamil Nadu: Headmaster 'instigates' schoolgirls to file 'fake' sexual harassment complaint against teacher, booked

Firstpost  

The incident came to light when police investigated the complaint registered against the male teacher in which two female teachers were also named only to realise the complaint was made to settle personal score with the teachers Madurai : Headmaster of a government school here was booked under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for allegedly engaging two students …

Chitradurga mutt sexual assault case: K’taka orders CWC to counsel all children residing in hostel
2 years, 2 months ago

Chitradurga mutt sexual assault case: K’taka orders CWC to counsel all children residing in hostel

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka government has ordered the state’s chief welfare committee to conduct counselling for all the children who were lodged in a hostel run by the Jagadguru Murugarajendra Vidyapeetha Mutt — whose former pontiff Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting four children. Jagadguru Murugarajendra Vidyapeetha Mutt‘s former pontiff Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru has been arrested on …

Third case filed against Karnataka mutt’s former pontiff Sharanaru
2 years, 2 months ago

Third case filed against Karnataka mutt’s former pontiff Sharanaru

Hindustan Times  

The Chitradurga rural police in Karnataka have registered a first information report against Jagadguru Murugarajendra Vidyapeetha Mutt’s former pontiff Shivamurthy Muruga Sharanaru and four others for allegedly keeping abandoned children in an orphanage run by the mutt without following due procedures, officials said. The latest case against the seer, under section 33 and 34 of Juvenile Justice Act, was registered …

Karnataka: Fresh case against Murugha Mutt pontiff under Juvenile Justice Act
2 years, 2 months ago

Karnataka: Fresh case against Murugha Mutt pontiff under Juvenile Justice Act

Hindustan Times  

The Chitradurga rural police in Karnataka on Wednesday registered a fresh FIR against Sri Jagadguru Murugharajendra Mutt erstwhile pontiff, Shivamurthy Murugha Sharana and four others under the Juvenile Justice Act for allegedly keeping orphan children at the mutt without informing officials for years, officials said. Sri Jagadguru Murugharajendra Mutt erstwhile pontiff, Shivamurthy Murugha Sharana is currently in jail for allegedly …

Watched Helplessly as Daughters Taken to K'taka Lingayat Pontiff's Private Room: Mother Recounts Horror
2 years, 2 months ago

Watched Helplessly as Daughters Taken to K'taka Lingayat Pontiff's Private Room: Mother Recounts Horror

News 18  

More shocking and heart wrenching details of victims of sexual assault are emerging in connection with Karnataka Lingayat Mutt sex scandal. The mother of the two minor girls, who have come forward to lodge a complaint against the arrested rape accused, told police that she helplessly watched her daughters being taken to his private room. A staffer in the mutt, …

Another case against Karnataka's Lingayat seer Shivamurthy for sexually assaulting minor girls
2 years, 2 months ago

Another case against Karnataka's Lingayat seer Shivamurthy for sexually assaulting minor girls

India Today  

Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the Lingayat seer from Karnataka who was earlier arrested in a rape case, has once again been accused of sexually assaulting four minor girls. This is the second case filed against the seer under the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Act for sexually assaulting minor girls living in the hostel run by the ashram. SEER ARRESTED …

POCSO Case Against Minor Can Be Quashed On Parties Arriving At Mutual Settlement: Karnataka High Court
2 years, 3 months ago

POCSO Case Against Minor Can Be Quashed On Parties Arriving At Mutual Settlement: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Friday allowed a petition filed by a minor boy and set aside the investigation initiated against him under sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl, following a mutual settlement having arrived at between the parties. It would not be inapt to notice that young children …

Madrassa teacher booked under POCSO for sexually abusing 14-year-old boy for two months
2 years, 3 months ago

Madrassa teacher booked under POCSO for sexually abusing 14-year-old boy for two months

Firstpost  

The accused, police said, used to take the victim to his room and abuse him after which he would scare him into silence by threatening him with dire consequences if he told anyone about this New Delhi: The 21-year-old Madrassa teacher who was on Sunday arrested for allegedly sodomising a 14-year-old boy in Hyderabad on Sunday has been booked under …

K'taka Police to take rape-accused Lingayat seer to crime scene today, interrogation likely
2 years, 3 months ago

K'taka Police to take rape-accused Lingayat seer to crime scene today, interrogation likely

India Today  

Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the Lingayat seer from Karnataka who is accused of raping minor girls, is likely to be taken to mutt today, August 4. DySP Anil Kumar will take Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru to the crime spot. WHAT IS THE CASE: Lingayat mutt seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru has been booked in an alleged sexual assault case involving minors. The Mysuru …

Lingayat seer rape victim's family files complaint against ex-official of Muruga mutt
2 years, 3 months ago

Lingayat seer rape victim's family files complaint against ex-official of Muruga mutt

India Today  

The family member of one of the girls who alleged that Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru sexually assaulted them registered a complaint on Sunday against former MLA and Muruga mutt former administrator SK Basavarajan. The girl’s uncle, Tippeswamy, registered a complaint at the Chitradurga rural police station against Basavarajan and said he conspired with his wife Sowbhagya against the seer. …

Watch | Rape-accused Karnataka seer takes to wheelchair on way to cop’s office
2 years, 3 months ago

Watch | Rape-accused Karnataka seer takes to wheelchair on way to cop’s office

Hindustan Times  

Sri Murugha Mutt's Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, a top religious leader of Karnataka's influential Lingayat community and now an accused in a child sexual abuse case, was on Friday taken to the deputy superintendent of police office in Challakere in a wheelchair after his medical examination was conducted at a district hospital in the southern state. In a video shared by …

Arrested for sexually assaulting minors, Karnataka Lingayat mutt chief complains of chest pain, admitted
2 years, 3 months ago

Arrested for sexually assaulting minors, Karnataka Lingayat mutt chief complains of chest pain, admitted

India Today  

Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the Lingayat seer from Karnataka who was arrested in a rape case, was admitted to a hospital after complaining of chest pain. 1) Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the chief pontiff of Jagadguru Murugarajendra Vidyapeetha mutt in Karnataka's Chitradurga, was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for allegedly sexually assaulting minor girls. READ | Rape-accused …

Seer accused of sexually abusing minor girls arrested in Karnataka
2 years, 3 months ago

Seer accused of sexually abusing minor girls arrested in Karnataka

Deccan Chronicle  

CHITRADURGA : Chief pontiff of Murugha Math Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru was arrested for alleged sexual abuse of high school girls and sent to judicial custody for 14 days, police said. He was taken into custody by the police following an interrogation, sources said soon after the arrest on Thursday, adding that due procedures were followed later in the night. The …

Karnataka Lingayat seer accused of raping minor arrested, sent to 14-day judicial custody
2 years, 3 months ago

Karnataka Lingayat seer accused of raping minor arrested, sent to 14-day judicial custody

India Today  

Accused of raping minor girls, Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act by the Karnataka Police and sent to 14-day judicial custody. #WATCH | Karnataka | Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the chief pontiff of Sri Murugha Mutt brought to Chitradurga district jail after he was sent to 14-day judicial custody in …

Lingayat mutt hostel warden detained in rape case against seer
2 years, 3 months ago

Lingayat mutt hostel warden detained in rape case against seer

India Today  

The chief warden of Murugha mutt hostel in Karnataka's Chitradurga has been detained by the Karnataka Police in a rape case involving Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru. This is the first detention in the case registered against the chief pontiff of the Lingayat mutt for the alleged sexual abuse of minors. India Today's @sagayrajp gets us all the details.#ITVideo| @PoulomiMSaha …

As Dumka & K'taka Mutt Cases Trigger Outrage, A Look at POCSO and Rising Crimes Against Minors
2 years, 3 months ago

As Dumka & K'taka Mutt Cases Trigger Outrage, A Look at POCSO and Rising Crimes Against Minors

News 18  

The latest cases under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, involving the death of a minor girl in Jharkhand’s Dumka after being set on fire and the Karnataka seer accused of sexually assaulting minor girls, have sparked massive uproar. Allahabad HC’s observation received backlash on social media with users pointing out the Supreme Court’s earlier order which stated that …

NCPCR seeks inquiry into sexual assault allegations against Murugha mutt pontiff
2 years, 3 months ago

NCPCR seeks inquiry into sexual assault allegations against Murugha mutt pontiff

Hindustan Times  

The apex child rights body NCPCR has sought an inquiry report from the Karnataka police into the sexual assault allegations against a head pontiff of an influential mutt in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district. Two minor girls have accused the head pontiff of the Murugha Mutt in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district of sexual assault. According to media reports, two minor girls, who have …

Chitradurga seer charged under SC/ST Act
2 years, 3 months ago

Chitradurga seer charged under SC/ST Act

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka police, investigating the sexual abuse allegations levelled by two minor girls against the head seer of a mutt in Chitradurga district, on Tuesday added charges from the The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Act to the first information report, an official in the know of development said. Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the head seer of …

Murugha Mutt Seer Shivamurthy Shivamurthy Sharanaru Moves Chitradurga Court Seeking Anticipatory Bail In Sexual Assault Case Involving Minors
2 years, 3 months ago

Murugha Mutt Seer Shivamurthy Shivamurthy Sharanaru Moves Chitradurga Court Seeking Anticipatory Bail In Sexual Assault Case Involving Minors

Live Law  

Additional District and Sessions Judge at Karnataka's Chitradurga on Monday issued notice to the prosecution and others in the anticipatory bail application filed by Dr. Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the pontiff of Murugha Mutt of Chitradurga, accused of sexually abusing two minor girls staying in the hostels run by the Mutt. The accused had approached the court after the police charged …

Days after Pocso case, police yet to arrest Chitradurga seer
2 years, 3 months ago

Days after Pocso case, police yet to arrest Chitradurga seer

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka police, investigating the sexual abuse allegations levelled by two minor girls against the head seer of a mutt in Chitradurga district, are yet to make any arrest in the case even as the complainants recorded their statement before a magistrate, a senior officer said on Monday. When asked about the delay in action against the chief pontiff, a …

Conspiracy by people in his mutt: Ex-Karnataka CM Yediyurappa backs seer accused of abusing minors
2 years, 3 months ago

Conspiracy by people in his mutt: Ex-Karnataka CM Yediyurappa backs seer accused of abusing minors

India Today  

Former Karnataka Chief Minister, S Yediyurappa, backed Muruga Rajendra Swami, who was accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl, and alleged that it was a conspiracy against the seer by people within the mutt. On Monday, Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, a prominent Lingayat mutt seer, was detained after he was booked for sexually assaulting minors in Karnataka. After this, BJP leader …

Chitradurga Murugha mutt seer detained in POCSO case; Bommai refuses to comment
2 years, 3 months ago

Chitradurga Murugha mutt seer detained in POCSO case; Bommai refuses to comment

Hindustan Times  

The Chitradurga Police on Monday detained Murugha Mutt seer Shivamurthy Sharanaru after two girls accused him of sexual assault. Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday declined to comment on the allegations against the seer and the case as “the investigation is on”. They will investigate and the truth will come out.” The girls are said to have approached ‘Odanadi …

No need to fear, says rape-accused Lingayat seer Shivamurthy
2 years, 3 months ago

No need to fear, says rape-accused Lingayat seer Shivamurthy

India Today  

Rape-accused Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru was booked for sexually assaulting minors in Karnataka. The Mysuru City Police have registered an FIR against Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru after a complaint was filed on behalf of two minors. The case was registered by the warden of Muruga Mutt at Chitradurga rural police station under IPC Sec 354,504,506,363, & u/s 120. Parashuram, superintendent …

Not appropriate to comment: Karnataka CM on POCSO case against seer
2 years, 3 months ago

Not appropriate to comment: Karnataka CM on POCSO case against seer

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said it is not appropriate to comment on the POCSO case registered against Murugha Mutt seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru of Chitradurga, as it is under investigation. A POCSO case was registered against Murugha Mutt seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru of Chitradurga in Karnataka reacting to which former state CM HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday said, …

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