Priest held for sexual harassment in Karnataka
Raichur: The Deodurga police on Sunday arrested a priest at Shambulinga temple near Deodurga town, who was absconding for the past one-and-a-half month, on charges of sexual harassment.
The arrested has been identified as Veeresh. A case had been registered against him at the Deodurga police station on November 1 under the Information Technology Act-2008 and Section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 392 (A) and 417 read with 34 of Indian Penal Code.
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Superintendent of Police M.N. Nagaraj said on Monday that the arrested priest had sexually harassed four women under the guise of offering special pujas.
The priest would ask the women to take off their clothes, while performing the puja. He had also captured the nude puja rituals on his mobile phone.
A complaint had been filed by Ranappa, an eyewitness, the SP said. A team, led by Deodurga circle inspector Ramesh Methi, was constituted to nab the accused.
“Acting on a tip-off, the team arrested Veeresh from the house of his elder sister in Chiragunti village in Muktal taluk of Andhra Pradesh. Attempts are being made to arrest two more accused – Basavaraj Sindhanur and Nagaraj Kambar,” he said.
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