Chamarajanagar, Feb. 5 -- The Chamarajanagar District Court has rejected the bail applications of three accused persons, who were arrested following the death of 17 devotees who had consumed poison-laced prasada at Kichuguth Sulwadi Maramma Temple here in 2018.

Former junior pontiff of Salur Mutt at Hanur taluk Immadi Mahadevaswamy is the prime accused in the case. The co-accused are Manager of the Temple Madesha, his wife Ambika and former employee of the Temple Doddaiah.

While Immadi Mahadevaswamy, who was behind bars for a period of seven years, but suffering from physical ailments was granted bail by High Court for a period of one year to avail medical treatment in November last year, other three accused Madesha, Ambika and Doddaiah...