‘False charges’: B S Yediyurappa on Lingayat mutt pontiff booked for sexual abuse
The Mutt is a prominent and influential Lingayat mutt. Several political leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, have visited the mutt ahead of the Assembly elections scheduled to be held next year, hoping to woo the Lingayat community.
“It is a false charge. There is no truth in it and after the completion of the investigation, he will come out clean,” Yediyurappa said. (Photo source: Twitter/ B S Yediyurappa)
Days after the chief pontiff of an influential Lingayat mutt in Karnataka’s Chitradurga was booked for allegedly sexually abusing two girls for three-and-a-half years, former CM and senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa on Sunday said that the charges were false.
“It is a false charge. There is no truth in it and after the completion of the investigation, he will come out clean,” Yediyurappa said.
Mutt head Shivamurthy Muruga Sharanaru and four others have been booked under Sections pertaining to rape and one section of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.
The Mutt is a prominent and influential Lingayat mutt. Several political leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, have visited the mutt ahead of the Assembly elections scheduled to be held next year hoping to woo the Lingayat community.
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