The seer, Basavalinga Swami, was found hanging at 6 am from his prayer room바카라s window grille at Kanchugal Bande Mutt, which he headed, in Ramanagara district.
A Lingayat seer who died by suicide on Monday was being 바카라honeytrapped바카라 and blackmailed, the Karnataka police said on Wednesday. An unknown woman has done this to me,바카라 reads a line in the suicide note, said to a senior officer, on the condition of anonymity.
The seer, Basavalinga Swami, was found hanging at 6 am from his prayer room바카라s window grille at Kanchugal Bande Mutt, which he headed, in Ramanagara district. Two names in the suicide note are connected to the mutt. His suicide note mentioned blackmail and harassment by 바카라some people who wanted to remove him from his position바카라, police had said yesterday.
바카라The private moments of the woman (unidentified so far) and the seer were captured by the woman using her phone's screen-recording function,바카라 the sources said.
바카라The woman and a few others threatened the seer that they would release four obscene videos,바카라 a probe official said. 바카라We have leads on who these people are. We are investigating every angle possible,바카라 the district police chief said when approached with questions,
Asked if there big names involved, a source in the police says, 바카라There might be politics within and outside the mutt. Some seers are well-connected with politicians, and they could pull strings to defame each other. But the suicide note has no mention of any politicians at all.바카라
Basavalinga Swami took over the 400-year-old mutt바카라s leadership at the age of 20 in 1997, and recently celebrated the silver jubilee.
Last December, the head of Chilume Mutt, also named Basavalinga Swamy, died by suicide in a similar fashion. He reportedly was upset over his failing health.
The sect was founded in the 12th century by social reformer and poet Basaveshwara, who has a huge following in the south Indian states. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and his predecessor BS Yeddiyurappa come from the sect. The sect has BJP바카라s backing, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took ceremonial initiation into it in August at Muruga Mutt, hoping to broaden the party바카라s appeal ahead of elections due in about six months.