CHITRADURGA/BENGALURU: The pontiff of Murugha Mutt in Chitradurga, Shivamurthy Swami, was arrested late Thursday amid public outrage nearly a week after he was accused of sexually assaulting two minor high school girls in a hostel run by his monastery.
The 64-year-old seer, booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, 2012, and Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), was arrested at 10.20pm from his mutt by Chitradurga police. The arrest came following a growing clamour and protests by Dalit organisations. One of the two survivors is from the Schedule Caste community.
