Priest detained amid charge of bid to sacrifice child

INDIA
Press Trust of India

STAFF WRITER

Bangalore, July 12 (PTI) A priest, suspected to be mentally unsound, was detained by police today for questioning on a complaint that he was allegedly trying to sacrifice a three year-old boy here, police said.

The man, a native of Shimoga and in his early 50s, has been detained and “sent for medical examination as he was suspected to be mentally unsound”, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South Division) Sonia Narang told PTI.

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