Cops book Mangueshi temple priest on lsquomolestationrsquo charges
- | Saturday | 21st July, 2018
Madkaikar said a team of police personnel went to meet Bhave at his residence, but he was not available. PANAJI: The priest of Shree Manguesh Devasthan , Mangueshi, Dhananjay Bhave, was booked on Friday for allegedly molesting a Goan-origin girl studying in the US.Ponda PI Harish Madkaikar told TOI an FIR was filed against the priest under IPC Section 355 (outraging modesty). He said summons have been issued to Bhave, who is untraceable. He said an emergency meeting was held to discuss the issue.“The nature of allegations are such that it restricts the scope of further enquiry by the managing committee. I was in complete shock... and as I turned my head and body to distance myself from him, he still kissed me on the cheek.”The devasthan secretary had said the committee could not lay its hand on any ‘dependable evidence to establish a prima facie case’.
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