KALABURAGI: Chittapur police on Monday arrested rape-accused Kambaleshwara Mutt seer Somashekhar Shivacharya when he was trying to escape, in-charge Superintendent of Police B Mahantesh said.
He told reporters that the seer was arrested based on a complaint filed by Ravindra of Chittapur that Shivacharya had raped a 11-year-old girl on October 29. The girl was subjected to medical tests in the district hospital on Sunday, while the seer underwent tests on Monday. As a prima facie case was established, the seer was produced before a court on Monday and remanded in judicial custody till November 29.
The parents are not cooperating with the investigation, Mahantesh added.