Days after the death by suicide of a Lingayat seer, Basavalinga Swami, in Karnataka, a 21-year-old woman and a seer from a rival mutt have been arrested for allegedly blackmailing him.
Karnataka Lingayat seer suicide: Four obscene videos are doing the rounds, say investigators, as woman screen-recorded private moments with the 45-year-old sect leader
Allegedly pained at his name being dragged into an audio linked to sex scandal of Chitradurga Murugha mutt seer, Guru Madivaleshwara Mutt Pontiff Basava Siddalinga Swamiji committed suicide in his room by hanging himself in Belagavi district of Karnataka.