Rape-Accused Karnataka Seer Being Taken From Hospital To Court
NDTV
Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, 64, heads the Murugha Math, one of the key Lingayat seminaries. Two minor girls have accused him of rape and a case was filed six days ago
Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, a religious leader of Karnataka's politically powerful Lingayat community, who was arrested yesterday over rape allegations, is being taken to a local court on a wheelchair from the intensive care unit of a hospital in Chitradurga, 200 km from Bengaluru.
He got admitted in the hospital this morning due to health complications, sources said.
The police had sought to keep the seer for five days for questioning.
The court criticised the police for not informing it that the seer has been shifted to a hospital from the jail. It told the jail authorities to give the medical reports.
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