INDIA
The New Indian Express
KOCHI: The Kerala Police have issued a lookout notice against fugitive catholic priest Edwin Figarez, who is accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl several times at a church at Puthenvelikkara.
The circular came 11 days after the HC dismissed Fr Figarez’s anticipatory bail on May 5, following which he is alleged to have gone into hiding. “He is likely to have left the state. We will extend the search to the other states soon,” said Puthenvelikkara sub-inspector M S Shibu, while dismissing the possibility of the priest leaving the country. “He had surrendered his passport to us on April 29.”
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