Updated On: 03 September, 2022 04:35 PM IST | Chitradurga | PTI
Sharanaru has been booked under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly sexually abusing two girls, studying in a school run by the Math and staying in a hostel also belonging to it

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Chief pontiff of Murugha Math Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, who is accused of sexually harassing minor high-school girls, underwent various medical tests at the Chitradurga district hospital on Saturday, sources said.
The police brought him to the district hospital under tight security from a Deputy Superintendent of Police`s office where he is being questioned.
Sources said his blood and hair samples were also taken for investigation purposes.