Sri Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the chief pontiff of Murugha Math, who was arrested in a POCSO case on Thursday late at night and remanded in judicial custody, was shifted to the district hospital for treatment on Friday morning after he complained of chest pain.
According to police sources, the seer experienced uneasiness on Friday morning and the prison staff immediately rushed him to district hospital in Chitradurga where various tests are being conducted as per doctors' advice.
Immediately after the arrest on Thursday late night, the police had taken him for medical examination before producing him before the judge, who remanded him in judicial custody for 14 days.