Thursday, January 13 2005 16:19 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Kancheepuram: The Sankara Mutt in Kancheepuram today (Jan 13, 2005) constituted a legal team to take steps to free its bank accounts frozen by the Tamil Nadu Police.

Mutt advocate A Shanmugam told reporters in Kancheepuram that the team would decide about the course of action to get the frozen accounts freed, besides taking legal steps on the "leak" of video clippings of Jayendra Saraswathi's custodial interrogation to some TV channels.

Police orally informed him about the freezing of 183 bank accounts of the Mutt and its several trusts, he said.

The daily activities of the Mutt had come to a standstill and their social welfare activities had been paralysed.

The Mutt had not received any written communication on the freezing of the bank accounts, he said.