Finally, one man says seer didn’t threaten his life, police investigating mutt link with marauding cows on Kanchi roads

KANCHEEPURAM: The police here said they have found a man whose life had never been threatened by the Shankaracharya of Kamakotipeeth here. The man, identified as Ranga Thangaswami, is a resident of this small town recently in news for the sheer number of people who have been murdered or were supposed to be murdered on the orders of the mutt.

Kancheepuram police chief Quickgun Murugan said: “We have not found any evidence suggesting the Shankaracharya had got him murdered. He is alive. Besides he has said on record that he never faced any threat to his life from anyone except the cows on the road that have regularly tried to crash into his scooter.”

Mr Murugan added that the police were looking for any link between the cows and the mutt.

Tamil Nadu state chief minister has however hinted at a link but did not elaborate. She was referring to the reports that said cows were often worshipped inside the temple complex and priests had been whispering something in the bovine ears.

“The cows used to nod after the priests used to say some words in their coded Sanskrit,” a police officer investigating the link said. “Though we have not seen any evidence of transfer of money to the cows or their bank accounts, but many witnesses have said they saw the cows being generously fed.”

Meanwhile the district administration was bracing for the deluge of women claiming to be sexually harassed by the Shankaracharya. A Tamil writer has gone on record and on TV claiming the Shankaracharya proposed to her. Another woman, Usha, who is being referred to as close confidante of the seer, may also claim harassment, which might bring about a series of such victims.

“We have seen the how soon after the Sankararaman murder case, every Pelu, Velu and Selvam has come out,” said an officer bringing a truck load of empty first information report forms. "We should have enough FIR forms so that almost all the population of Tamil Nadu can register their cases against the mutt," he said.