A lookout notice has already been issued against seer of Brihan Mutt Sri Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, who is facing charges of sexual harassment of two minor girls, as a precautionary measure.
Superintendent of Police of Chitradruga K. Parashuram told The Hindu that the notice was issued on August 29 itself after reports about the seer not being found in the mutt emerged. “As the seer holds a passport, the lookout notice was issued as a precautionary measure,” he said. The seer subsequently returned to the mutt.
On Thursday, the hearing on seer’s anticipatory bail petition was adjourned to Friday. Meanwhile, the administrator of the mutt S.K. Basavarajan and his wife Soubhaya were granted bail in the counter-case pertaining to alleged harassment and “kidnap of children” filed by warden of the hostel run by the mutt.
