Assistant priest arrested for abusive post on CM

The Kengeri police on Saturday arrested an assistant priest of a temple for uploading an abusive post on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over the Mysuru Dasara row.

He was dismissed from service hours after his arrest.

Gururajachar was arrested based on a complaint by the Bengaluru West Division Congress Committee, after a clipping of the video went viral, officials said.

The remarks were connected to the State government’s decision to invite Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate this year’s Dasara festivities.

In a statement, the Sri Raghavendra Seva Samithi Trust said Gururajachar had been given the sack.

“He was not a priest of the Raghavendra Swami Mutt, but an assistant priest of a Ganesha temple attached to it. He has since been dismissed,” the committee said, adding that it condemned his remarks.