Woman files molestation FIR against Rajasthan priest

INDIA
Times of India

JAIPUR: A woman has filed an FIR alleging she was molested by a priest who runs a popular ashram in Jhunjhunu district’s Bagad area.

She said the priest had lured her into a room at the Pabudham ashram in Bagad on the pretext of performing special prayers. Police said the woman belongs to Mahendragarh in Haryana.

“The ashram is very popular in the area,” said a police officer. “In her complaint lodged on Saturday, the woman alleged she had been frequenting the ashram for the past seven to eight years. When she went there last week, ashram priest Mal Singh asked her to come into a room there and molested her.”

The officer said the accused tore the woman’s clothes and tried to strip her. “She says she escaped from the room,” he said. “When she was leaving, he threatened to cast black magic on her.”

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