<p>The high court on Monday ordered notice to the state government and the Chitradurga Rural police on a petition filed by Basavaprabhu Swami, in-charge pontiff of the Murugharajendra Bruhanmutt in Chitradurga.</p>.<p>The petitioner is seeking directions to entrust a senior woman police officer with the investigation of the complaint given by him alleging criminal conspiracy to trap the senior pontiff in a Pocso case.</p>.<p>Justice M Nagaprasanna adjourned the hearing of the case to February 10 while asking the government to submit a status report in the ongoing investigation.</p>.<p>The petitioner contended that the Chitradurga Rural police are conducting an investigation in an unprofessional manner in the complaint filed by him.</p>.<p>It was also alleged that the police are trying to protect a former MLA, against whom the seer has made allegations to falsely implicate Shivamurthy Murugha Sharana, the senior seer. </p>.<p>The petitioner stated that the police have made no efforts to secure the sim<br />card and other materials despite a viral phone conversation hinting at a criminal conspiracy to trap the senior seer.</p>.<p>It was also contended that one of the women accused in the complaint stated that she had thrown her mobile handset. </p>
<p>The high court on Monday ordered notice to the state government and the Chitradurga Rural police on a petition filed by Basavaprabhu Swami, in-charge pontiff of the Murugharajendra Bruhanmutt in Chitradurga.</p>.<p>The petitioner is seeking directions to entrust a senior woman police officer with the investigation of the complaint given by him alleging criminal conspiracy to trap the senior pontiff in a Pocso case.</p>.<p>Justice M Nagaprasanna adjourned the hearing of the case to February 10 while asking the government to submit a status report in the ongoing investigation.</p>.<p>The petitioner contended that the Chitradurga Rural police are conducting an investigation in an unprofessional manner in the complaint filed by him.</p>.<p>It was also alleged that the police are trying to protect a former MLA, against whom the seer has made allegations to falsely implicate Shivamurthy Murugha Sharana, the senior seer. </p>.<p>The petitioner stated that the police have made no efforts to secure the sim<br />card and other materials despite a viral phone conversation hinting at a criminal conspiracy to trap the senior seer.</p>.<p>It was also contended that one of the women accused in the complaint stated that she had thrown her mobile handset. </p>