Servitor of Puri's Jagannath temple arrested for sexually harassing boy: Police
The Hindu
The boy, the son of another servitor who is visually impaired, was allegedly sexually harassed on the temple premises
A senior servitor of the famed Jagannath temple in Odisha's Puri was arrested on December 10 on the charge of sexually harassing a boy, police said.
The boy, the son of another servitor who is visually impaired, was allegedly sexually harassed on the temple premises, as per the complaint.
The accused was booked under the relevant sections of the IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, said Sunil Kumar Pradhan, the inspector in charge of the Singhadwar police station.
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