Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru: Lingayat leader arrested for allegedly raping minors
Police in the southern Indian territory of Karnataka have captured a compelling Hindu strict pioneer for supposedly assaulting two minor school children.
Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru from the Lingayat people group, a prevailing Hindu faction in the state, is blamed for attacking the young ladies at his theological school.
He was captured on Thursday night, six days after a grumbling documented against him started fights in the state.
Sharanaru has denied the claims and called them a scheme.
He was created in court at 02:45 India time on Friday and was remanded to 14-day legal guardianship, reports BBC Hindi's Imran Qureshi in Bangalore.
The 64-year-old soothsayer has been charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act. The police have likewise summoned the Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe Atrocities Act against him after one of the survivors said she was a Dalit - previously known as untouchables under India's station pecking order.
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Lingayatas, a center station, include 17% of Karnataka's populace. They are gigantically persuasive and rule governmental issues in the state - the majority of the main pastors have had a place with this local area.
The state has about 2,000 strong Lingayat people group mutts, or ascetic foundations, which likewise run proficient schools.
Sharanaru heads the Murugha Mutt in Chitradurga city. It runs in excess of 150 otherworldly and instructive foundations across the state.
An argument was documented against him on 26 August after two young ladies - both of whom were understudies at the theological school - moved toward a non-benefit in Mysore city and claimed that he had manhandled them for a really long time. In the protest, the young ladies said that Sharanaru would call them to his chambers and afterward physically attack them.
The charges ignited fights in Chitradurga and a few different locale, as demonstrators required the quick capture of the strict pioneer.
However, a few others have stretched out their help to the diviner - previous boss priest BS Yediyurappa said that Sharanaru was being "erroneously embroiled".
"The examination will uncover that he is blameless. The examinations will likewise uncover individuals associated with outlining the diviner," he told journalists.
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