MUMBAI (INDIA)
Times of India
September 20, 2020
Coimbatore – A 60-year-old temple priest was detained on Saturday for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl near Periyanaickenpalayam in the west zone police limits, from where 296 cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, 2012 have been reported until September 17 this year.
According to a police officer, the girl, a Class XII student of a private school, was alone at her house on Friday evening when the priest visited her residence and sexually assaulted her. “As he was leaving the minor girl’s house, her younger brother, who had gone out to play with friends, noticed him and altered his father. The girl’s parents later inquired with her and she revealed them what happened,” the officer said.
The girl’s father subsequently lodged a complaint against the priest with the Periyanaickenpalayam police on Saturday.
A team of police picked up the priest for interrogation on the day. He was later booked under various sections of Pocso Act. Further investigation is on.
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