<p>A Lingayat seer from Karnataka was found murdered in his mutt in the Nanded district of Marathwada region of Maharashtra on Sunday.</p>.<p>Another body of one - who is suspected to be a follower of the seer or an accomplice of a suspect - was found in the washroom of a nearby school.</p>.<p>The incident took place in an ashram in Umri in the Nanded district, around 650 km off Mumbai.</p>.<p>Identified as Shivacharya Nirvanarudra Pashupatinath Maharaj, the seer who had settled in the district for over a decade.</p>.<p>"The second victim, Bhagwan Shinde, was missing since morning,' Nanded district's Superintendent of Police Vijaykumar Magar said, adding that his footwear was found near the school and a search was conducted.</p>.<p>"It appears that Shinde and the suspect had a dispute and the later bumped him off, but detailed investigations were in progress," added Magar. </p>.<p>The robbers quickly grabbed Rs 69,000 cash, his laptop and other valuables from his bedroom, all worth approximately Rs 1.50 lakh, besides his car keys.</p>.<p>"Robbery is the key motive behind the murder....there is no communal angle, no other angle in it," Magar told DH.</p>.<p>"We are still looking for the accused who is on the run since he left the murder spot...he has been identified and we will zero on him soon," said Magar.</p>.<p>Asked whether there are more suspects, he said: "As of now it does not appear so....we are still speaking to witness".</p>.<p>Five crack teams have been formed to track down the accused - and the sensational double-murder is being personally investigated by Magar.</p>.<p>On Saturday night, the accused entered the mutt and overpowered the seer, took the cash and the laptop and other valuables. </p>.<p>He took the body out of the seer inside the ashram car's dickey. While he was trying to speed out of the ashram complex, he rammed the gate resulting in a big noise.</p>.<p>The ashram sevadars rushed down towards the gate and sped off in a parked motorbike.</p>.<p>The murder of the seer has come as a shocker - as last month two sadhus of the Varanasi-based Juna Akhada and their driver were lynched to death in Palghar district near Mumbai.</p>.<p>While talking to a TV channel, PWD Minister Ashok Chavan, said that the murder should not be politicised. </p>.<p>He said that the motive of the murder is not clear yet, and that an investigation has been launched in the incident.</p>.<p>The post-mortem report is awaited.</p>
<p>A Lingayat seer from Karnataka was found murdered in his mutt in the Nanded district of Marathwada region of Maharashtra on Sunday.</p>.<p>Another body of one - who is suspected to be a follower of the seer or an accomplice of a suspect - was found in the washroom of a nearby school.</p>.<p>The incident took place in an ashram in Umri in the Nanded district, around 650 km off Mumbai.</p>.<p>Identified as Shivacharya Nirvanarudra Pashupatinath Maharaj, the seer who had settled in the district for over a decade.</p>.<p>"The second victim, Bhagwan Shinde, was missing since morning,' Nanded district's Superintendent of Police Vijaykumar Magar said, adding that his footwear was found near the school and a search was conducted.</p>.<p>"It appears that Shinde and the suspect had a dispute and the later bumped him off, but detailed investigations were in progress," added Magar. </p>.<p>The robbers quickly grabbed Rs 69,000 cash, his laptop and other valuables from his bedroom, all worth approximately Rs 1.50 lakh, besides his car keys.</p>.<p>"Robbery is the key motive behind the murder....there is no communal angle, no other angle in it," Magar told DH.</p>.<p>"We are still looking for the accused who is on the run since he left the murder spot...he has been identified and we will zero on him soon," said Magar.</p>.<p>Asked whether there are more suspects, he said: "As of now it does not appear so....we are still speaking to witness".</p>.<p>Five crack teams have been formed to track down the accused - and the sensational double-murder is being personally investigated by Magar.</p>.<p>On Saturday night, the accused entered the mutt and overpowered the seer, took the cash and the laptop and other valuables. </p>.<p>He took the body out of the seer inside the ashram car's dickey. While he was trying to speed out of the ashram complex, he rammed the gate resulting in a big noise.</p>.<p>The ashram sevadars rushed down towards the gate and sped off in a parked motorbike.</p>.<p>The murder of the seer has come as a shocker - as last month two sadhus of the Varanasi-based Juna Akhada and their driver were lynched to death in Palghar district near Mumbai.</p>.<p>While talking to a TV channel, PWD Minister Ashok Chavan, said that the murder should not be politicised. </p>.<p>He said that the motive of the murder is not clear yet, and that an investigation has been launched in the incident.</p>.<p>The post-mortem report is awaited.</p>