Third FIR against Murugha Mutt pontiff filed
Chitradurga: A third FIR has been filed for violation of Juvenile Justice Act by Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, pontiff of the Murugha Mutt, who is in judicial custody, facing charges of sexual assault of minor girls.
The fresh FIR was filed on Tuesday by Chitradurga Rural Police against the pontiff and three others, for housing two girls sans permission at the ladies’ hostel of the Murugha Mutt. It is learned that the FIR was filed under the Juvenile Justice Act.
The police filed the FIR following a complaint by the District Child Welfare Committee against the pontiff, who is president of the Murugha Mutt Trust, secretary Paramashivayya, hostel warden and manager of the adoption centre of the non-government organization Madilu, said sources.
The officers, who paid a recent visit investigating the running case under POCSO Act against the pontiff, had found two girls housed at the hostel of the Mutt without permission. They registered a case at the Rural Police Station for housing the girls without informing the Child Welfare Committee of the matter.
The case was registered with the legal advice of the Child Welfare Committee, sources said.
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Illegally stored gas cylinders seized
Thane (PTI): Authorities have seized illegally stored 1,839 gas cylinders and seven vehicles worth over Rs 67 lakh in the Dombivli MIDC area of Thane district, officials said on Saturday.
A special vigilance team of the Mumbai Rationing Department detected an illegal storage of domestic and commercial LPG cylinders in Phase-2 of Dombivli (East).
Cylinders belonging to multiple gas agencies were found stockpiled in closed vehicles, unauthorised warehouses, and open sheds without mandatory permissions from the Explosives Department, Fire Department, or oil companies, according to an official release.
