Accused priest in Mangueshi temple molestation cases absconding, say Goa Police

PONDA (INDIA)
The Hindu

August 4, 2018

By Prakash Kamat

The Ponda police are on the lookout for Dhananjay Bhave, the accused booked in Mangueshi temple molestation cases of two girls after Additional District and Sessions Court in Ponda on Saturday rejected two anticipatory bail applications filed by the priest.

He was booked for allegedly molesting two women inside the temple in June this year.

A senior police official in South Goa District headquarters told The Hindu on request of anonymity that the accused Dhananjay Bhave could not be traced, after the court in Ponda, located in South Goa district, cancelled both his applications for anticipatory bail. “He is absconding.”

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