BENGALURU: The seer of Sri Ramachandrapura Math, Raghaveshwara Bharathi Swami, who is facing two charges of sexual assault, was arrested and released immediately by the CID officials on Friday.
The seer was arrested in the one year old rape case filed by Ram Katha singer Premalatha in August 2014. The officials said that arrest was formal as the seer had already been granted anticipatory bail.
It is said that the CID officials, who are all set to file the chargesheet in this case, was advised by the legal experts to follow certain procedures before filing the chargesheet. Accordingly, CID sleuths had summoned the seer to appear before them as part of the probe, arrested and released him after the anticipatory bail conditions were fulfilled, sources said.
“The seer came along with his advocate. The team led by SP Siri Gowri, which is probing the case, arrested him as a formality. The advocate produced the order copy of the anticipatory bail and fulfilled the bail conditions. Later, he was released,” an official said.
In connection with the second rape case filed against the seer recently by a Yakshagana artist, DGP of CID, H.C. Kishore Chandra, clarified that CID had not received the order copy from the government on transferring the case to the CID.
