Karnataka seer hospitalised after being arrested in sexual abuse case

Chief pontiff of Murugha Mutt Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, who has been arrested for alleged sexual abuse of high school girls and sent to judicial custody, was taken to the district hospital on Friday after developing some health complications in jail.

The seer was questioned for several hours after his arrest late on Thursday night. He reportedly developed some health complications soon after he was sent to jail.