JOIN USA public outrage has broken out against the publication of defamatory content against the seers of Sringeri Sri Sharada Mutt.
Complaints have been filed in Sringeri and Mudigere police stations against one Munna Azar, who allegedly published defamatory comments on a social networking site against the senior and junior seers of the mutt, after uploading their pictures.
The devotees and the members of pro-Hindu organisations gathered in front of Sringeri police station on Friday and sought the arrest of the accused. VHP district unit joint secretary Harish V Shetty said the publishing of the defamatory content is an attempt to insult the mutt. A memorandum was submitted to Circle Inspector Sudhir Hegde seeking stern action against the accused. The mutt staffers, led by senior officer Sripada Rao and taluk Muslim organisations too, submitted memorandums to Hegde.
SP Santhosh Babu said Azar, who is acussed of publishing the defamatory content against the seers on a social networking, has been arrested in Dharwad. He will be brought to Chikkamagaluru for further investigations, he said.
MP Shobha Karandlaje and MLA D N Jeevaraj have written to chief minister and the home minister to file case against the accused, under the Goonda Act.