Seer's custody: TN govt's plea rejected

NDTV.com - Seer's custody: TN govt's plea rejected: "In the first judicial relief for the Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati, a local Kanchipuram court today rejected the prosecution plea seeking extension of his police custody. Dismissing the application, First Class Judicial Magistrate-I G Uttamaraj held that the seer had already been sufficiently interrogated and there was no need to grant further custody.

VHP and BJP workers turned violent in a number of placeS smashing the windshields of cars in Orissa. They also attacked the vehicle of the Orissa Gana Parishad President Bijay Mahapatra. Left parties in Bhubaneswar have blamed the police for doing little to control the situation. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has also called a nationwide bandh today to demand the immediate release of the seer from police custody."