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
