Chennai: Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi has described as 'an absolute lie' the police claim that he had 'confessed to his involvement' in the Sankarraman murder, Tamil Nadu BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) unit president C P Radhakrishnan, who met the Seer earlier in the day, claimed tonight (Nov 29, 2004).

"I have not committed any mistake. Why should I make a confessional statement ?," the Seer, arrested as the prime accused in the case, had told him (Radhakrishnan) and senior party colleague Sushma Swaraj when they called on the former at the Vellore Prison, Radhakrishnan said.

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He said the Shankaracharya told them that the police claim about his confession was an "absolute lie".

Radhakrishnan said the health of the Seer was 'alright', but he (the Seer) was worried about attempts aimed at 'character assassination'. He was also bothered about the attempts to 'tarnish' the reputation of the mutt, Radhakrishnan said.

While opposing the bail application of the Seer in the Madras High Court, senior counsel K T S Tulsi, appearing for the Tamil Nadu Government, had claimed that the Seer had confessed to his role in the murder of Sankarraman, manager of Varadraja Perumal temple in Kancheepuram, on Sept 3.

The court today commenced hearing on the second bail application filed by the Shankaracharya, remanded to judicial custody till December 10 in the case and lodged in the Vellore Prison.