INDIA
New Indian Express
CHENNAI: A temple priest was arrested on Saturday on the charge of sexually abusing a four-year-old girl inside a temple at Choolaimedu.
Police said the child, who had come to a relative’s house near the temple, used to play in the streets when V Udhayakumar (40) was reported to have taken her inside the temple and misbehaved with her.
The parents of the child were shocked when she told them how Udhayakumar used to touch her inappropriately.
“The family members were just playing with the child when she casually said the temple priest has often done certain things to her. When they spoke to the child further, they sensed that the priest had touched the girl inappropriately,” said a police officer investigating the case.
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