The city police on Friday arrested N. Prakash, an assistant and administrator appointed by Vidya Manohara Theertha Swamji, head of Vyasaraja Mutt, Sosale, near Mysuru.
He was arrested by Ice House police on a complaint given by Karnataka government-appointed administrator Jayaraj, a retired IAS officer, who alleged that the mutt head and Prakash had misappropriated mutt funds to the the tune of Rs. 10 lakh. He was arrested and remanded to judicial custody.
The mutt is a religious institution which propagates the Dvaita philosophy propounded by saint Sri Madhvacharya.