BJP MP Lahar Singh suggests transferring POCSO case against seer outside Karnataka

“Each time something like this happens, it shakes our confidence in our own surroundings and in our own people. As a society, we owe it to ourselves that these allegations are probed thoroughly and impartially. The Karnataka government and all political parties have to ensure that there are no pulls, pressures, politics and interference in this case. The girls deserve nothing but justice,” he said.”In this case, not only perceptions matter, but restoring confidence in the health of our society is very important…”

The statement came after former chief minister B S Yediyurappa said the sexual abuse charges pressed last week by two inmates of the mutt’s hostel aged 15 and 16 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,” the BJP leader and Lingayat strongman said.

Earlier, the pontiff of the Jagadguru Murugarajendra Vidyapeetha Mutt in Chitradurga addressed a public gathering and said he would come clean out of the controversy, behind which he alleged a conspiracy.

The seer has approached a Chitradurga court for anticipatory bail and it will hear the matter on Thursday.