Source: The Hindu
CHENNAI, INDIA, July 9, 2002: Four intruders to Thiruvavaduthurai Aadheenam were surprised by security guards and chased from the premises last night. A pair of gloves and a syringe with a white color liquid were found on the premises. Five persons have now been arrested by police, including a former employee of the 600-year-old aadheenam, a monastery-temple complex. The suspects have told the police that they were instigated by the junior pontiff of the aadheenam, Kasi Viswanatha Swami, to kill the head pontiff, Sivaprakasa Desika Paramacharya Swamigal. The junior pontiff has been admitted to the hospital after taking an overdose of sleeping pills. He denies involvement, but is expected to be arrested shortly.