Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar today clarified that he only said that the black magic rituals took place near a Kerala temple and not inside the temple.
Speaking to reporters at the City Civil Court, he said, “My statement has been misconstrued. I never said that the black magic ritual ‘Shatru Bairavi yaaga’ against me and the CM were carried out in the Raja Rajeshwara temple in Kerala but I had clearly mentioned the rituals took place in a private land near the temple.” He was replying to the statement by a Kerala minister that animal sacrifice doesn’t take place in any Kerala temple.
“I have great respect for the God’s own country, its temples and the people. My statement has been misunderstood. I did not mean to hurt the sentiments of anyone. I had recently visited the Raja Rajeshwara temple and I am a devotee of the temple. I only referred to the temple to give an indication of the location of the black magic rituals,” he said.
“I would not like to talk about who is behind the black magic rituals, I only shared the details that I received. The Kerala minister has said that an inquiry would be ordered into the incident and I welcome that decision,” he said.