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Acharya's arrest

Sir, — The manner in which the Kanchi Sankaracharya was arrested and placed in custody, and the wide media coverage causing irreparable embarrassment to the Kanchi Mutt have crossed all limits.

The authorities could have questioned him discreetly.

V.S. Rajangam,
Coimbatore, T.N.

Sir, — The arrest is not only unfortunate but also most inappropriate. The seer would not have run away. Nor would he have tried to tamper with the evidence.

Pasupathy Ramachandran,
Bangalore

Sir, — While the law of the land should take its course, the way the seer was treated — as an ordinary criminal — based on the statements of the killer gang, is painful.

S. Krithivasan,
Mumbai

Sir, — When politicians with more direct involvement in a number of serious offences are given an unduly long rope and real culprits are provided safe passage, the haste with which the Shankaracharya has been arrested is strange.

G. Prabhakara Sastry,
Visakhapatnam, A.P.

Sir, — The incident comes as a rude shock to all those who have unflinching faith in religious heads and institutions.

Society at large has bestowed such a heightened status on religious heads that it is not uncommon to find even Presidents respecting their supremacy.

The arrest shows that even such revered religious establishments and their icons are not insulated.

N. Sekar,
Salem, T.N.

Sir, — The arrest of the Kanchi Sankaracharya is shocking and unfortunate. Even as religion is entering politics, politics is entering religion and religious mutts.

Politicians should keep away from religion and religious leaders from politics.

V.S. Venkatavaradan,
Salem, T.N.

Sir, — There is no need to raise such a hue and cry over the incident. Let the investigations be completed first. If the seer is proved innocent, he will emerge with his reputation enhanced.

R. Ponnarassi,
Vellore, T.N.

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