Monday, November 29, 2004

 

Shankaracharya Issue: Second Case Shocks Followers

The Hindustan Times, November 24

CHENNAI - A charge of attempted murder now slapped on Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati, who is already in jail in a murder case, has shocked his followers.

A second arrest warrant was served on Tuesday on the 71-year-old pontiff in Vellore jail.

This relates to a murderous attack on a man in Chennai the police believe was carried out by the same gang that killed a prominent devotee of the Kancheepuram mutt in September who had turned against the Shankaracharya accusing him of wrongdoing.

Full story:

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1119854,001301410000.htm




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