Basavalinga Swami turned chief seer of the 400-year-old mutt in 1997.
Bengaluru:
Basavalinga Swami, a 45-year-old seer of the Lingayat sect, was on Monday discovered hanging from a room’s window grille at Kanchugal Bande Mutt, which he headed, in Karnataka’s Ramanagara district, police mentioned.
His previous couple of calls are actually being traced, police mentioned, as he is left a two-page suicide observe about being harassed by “some individuals who needed to take away him from his place”.
Basavalinga Swami was the chief seer of the mutt for 25 years. A case of unnatural demise has been registered at Kudur police station.
Police on the mutt in Kempapura village, Ramnagara district, Karnataka
He was discovered hanging round 6 am by some disciples, mentioned a report in The Instances of India. It quoted police sources as saying that some individuals are suspected to have blackmailed the seer over some points.
Ramesh, the complainant who’s a trainer on the Bande Mutt faculty, advised the police that he met the seer at 5 pm Sunday earlier than leaving for house. He acquired a name from a mutt worker round 6.10am that the seer was not opening his room and never taking calls. Ramesh went to the rear of the room and located the seer hanging, mentioned the report.
Preparations had been on for his burial on the mutt premises.
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