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 pic.twitter.com/L2aNEZvwR4 — IndiaToday September 1, 2022 READ | The story behind Lingayat seer rape expose Earlier, the Mysuru Police had registered an FIR against a total of five people, including the warden of the monastery's hostel, based on a complaint by two minor girls of the hostel. The students of Murugha mutt were shifted to a government hostel after a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act was registered against Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru.

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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 …

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 …

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 …

Lingayat Mutt Sex Scandal: Audio of Survivors Being 'Tutored' Against Seer Surfaces
2 years, 1 month ago

Lingayat Mutt Sex Scandal: Audio of Survivors Being 'Tutored' Against Seer Surfaces

News 18  

The Karnataka Police have booked an FIR in connection with “tutoring and provoking” victims to file a case of sexual harassment against rape accused Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru. The in-charge seer of Murugha Mutt, Basavaprabhu Swamiji has filed a complaint against Basavarajendra, a resident of the Junjanawadi village in Belagavi district; mother of one the victims, who is the complainant in …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Rape-accused Lingayat seer seeks pre-arrest bail amid outrage in Karnataka
2 years, 3 months ago

Rape-accused Lingayat seer seeks pre-arrest bail amid outrage in Karnataka

India Today  

Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the chief pontiff of Jagadguru Murugarajendra Vidyapeetha mutt in Karnataka's Chitradurga, who was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for allegedly sexually assaulting minor girls, has sought pre-arrest bail and a local court will hear the plea tomorrow. The case against the Lingayat seer was first registered by a child welfare committee in …

Follow the law in Karnataka case
2 years, 3 months ago

Follow the law in Karnataka case

Hindustan Times  

It has been eight days since a prominent seer from Karnataka was booked by the police for allegedly sexually exploiting two minor girls who were a part of the mutt that was headed by the man and lived in an adjoining hostel. The two girls, aged 16 and 15, have told members of the state child welfare committee that they …

Parties downplaying Pocso case against Lingayat seer with eye on Karnataka polls?
2 years, 3 months ago

Parties downplaying Pocso case against Lingayat seer with eye on Karnataka polls?

India Today  

Ever since Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the pontiff of a prominent Lingayat mutt in Chitradurga district of Karnataka, was booked along with four others, on charges of sexual assault of two teen-aged girls six days ago, the ruling BJP government as well as the Opposition parties have gone into a tizzy. Former chief minister and Lingayat leader, BS Yediyurappa, however, has …

Lookout notice issued against rape-accused Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru
2 years, 3 months ago

Lookout notice issued against rape-accused Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru

India Today  

The Karnataka Police has issued a lookout notice against Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, accused in an alleged sexual assault case involving minors. India Today's @sagayrajp gets us all the latest updates.#ITVideo| @PoulomiMSaha pic.twitter.com/M83m7UWnHE — IndiaToday September 1, 2022 Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru is the chief pontiff of a prominent Lingayat mutt in Karnataka's Chitradurga. Amid protests calling for the seer's …

Students of Murugha Math shifted to govt hostel after POCSO case against seer
2 years, 3 months ago

Students of Murugha Math shifted to govt hostel after POCSO case against seer

Hindustan Times  

The students of Murugha Math were shifted to the government hostel here after a case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act was registered against the chief pontiff Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru for the alleged sexual abuse of high school girls. Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, head of the Sri Jagadguru Murugharajendra Math, who is accused of sexual abuse by high school …

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 …

Karnataka BJP leader slams his party over inaction against rape-accused Lingayat seer
2 years, 3 months ago

Karnataka BJP leader slams his party over inaction against rape-accused Lingayat seer

India Today  

BJP MLC Vishwanath has demanded the arrest of a Lingayat seer accused of raping minor girls. The BJP leader hit out at his party, alleging that the politicians’ statements are protecting Lingayat mutt seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru. Lingayat mutt seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru has been booked in an alleged sexual assault case involving minors. Here’s a timeline of the events …

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 …

Protests erupt in Karnataka as rape-accused Lingayat seer returns to mutt, says no need to fear
2 years, 3 months ago

Protests erupt in Karnataka as rape-accused Lingayat seer returns to mutt, says no need to fear

India Today  

Protests have erupted in Karnataka's Chitradurga demanding strict action against a Lingayat seer accused of raping minor girls. Prominent Lingayat mutt seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru was detained on Monday in an alleged sexual assault case involving minors. READ | Rape-accused Lingayat seer detained by police in Karnataka Meanwhile, protests have broken out against the Chitradurga Police and the district administration …

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, …

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 …

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