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I am most disturbed to learn from media reports of the appalling developments involving the pontiff of the Shri Murughamath in Chitradurga, Shri Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru. He now faces a case and charges under the POCSO and SC\/ST act for alleged sexual abuse of children, specifically high school girls. No words are strong enough to condemn any such offences against children.<\/p>\n
In solidarity with the\u200b survivors and with the cause of Justice in this case, I hereby return the Basavashree award (and the Rs. 5 lakhs prize money that came with it, by cheque) conferred on me by the Math in 2017.<\/p>\n
I would like to record my appreciation of the efforts of the Mysuru-based NGO “OdaNadi” to bring the awful incidents to light and their decades-long fight against social evils. And I appeal to the Karnataka government to pursue the investigation into the scandal vigorously and not allow that to be compromised on any grounds whatsoever.<\/p>\n
P. Sainath<\/p>\n
Journalist<\/p>\n
Founder-Editor<\/p>\n
People\u2019s Archive of Rural India<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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