Chitradurga Brihan Mutt seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, who was denied permission to proceed to Bengaluru for treatment and remanded in police custody on Friday, is being questioned by the police at the office of the Deputy Superintendent of Police in Chitradurga on Saturday, September 3, 2022.
According to sources, Investigating Officer Anilkumar and his team have continued interrogation of the seer in connection with the alleged sexual harassment case. After being granted custody of the seer by the court, the police took him for medical examination at the district hospital before taking him to the DySP office on Friday evening. He was questioned till midnight, sources said.
On Saturday afternoon, the seer was taken to district hospital again for medical examination and then taken back to DySP office, where the questioning was resumed.