70-year-old temple priest accused of rape

Times of India
December 8, 2015

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Rajkot: A 70-year-old temple priest was arrested for allegedly raping a woman from Raiyadhar area in Rajkot city on Monday.

The accused identified as Magandas Nimavat is the mahant of Hanuman Temple in Raiyadhar.

He was arrested after a 30-year-old woman and a mother of three children, lodged a complaint against him with Gandhigram police station.

The woman told the police, "My husband is casual labourer. However, he has been unemployed since the last few weeks. We used to go to Hanuman Temple every week and meet Magandas.

On Saturday, he told me that because of some elements in my body, my husband was not getting work. He needed to perform black magic to get rid of the ill elements."

According to police, Magandas asked the woman to come to temple on Sunday night.

"She went to the temple with all the materials that Magandas had asked for. However, the accused called the woman to a separate room, locked it from inside and allegedly raped her," police said, quoting the woman's complaint.

The woman told her husband about the incident following which he thrashed Magandas and called the police.