The Kudur police on Sunday cracked the suicide case of 45-year-old Basavalinga Swami of Kunchagal Bande Mutt, who ended his life last week. The seer had left behind a suicide note with the names of a few people blaming them for his death, which was corroborated by the police with technical evidence before arresting another seer and two others for abetting his suicide.
The police have arrested Mrutyunjaya Swami, 45, of the nearby Kannur Mutt along with his accomplices Neelambika, an engineering student, and schoolteacher-turned-advocate Mahadevaiah. Mrutyunjaya Swami is a cousin of Basavalinga Swami and the two mutts they were heading, Kanchugal Bande Mutt and Kannur Mutt, are both affiliated with Tumakuru-based Siddaganga Mutt. The police said there was a conspiracy by Mrutyunjaya Swami to defame Basavalinga Swami and throw him out of the mutt, as he was considered close to the chief seer of Siddaganga Mutt.
Police investigations have now revealed that as part of the conspiracy,…