NDTV
June 22, 2008
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080054007&ch=6/22/2008%207:45:00%20PM
A 30-year-old priest, residing in Pashupatinath Temple area, has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a minor girl, police said on Sunday.
The accused, identified as Baba Bisnu Das, had molested the six-year-old girl after locking her inside his ashram on Saturday, they said.
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Das had lured the girl with chocolates and kept her inside the temple and molested for half an hour before she was rescued by the local people, police said.
The irked locals caught the Baba and beat him up. The girl was sent for medical check up, they said. During interrogation, the priest confessed to the crime, but claimed that "he landed on earth to do such thing."
"God has sent me to do this thing. I selected the child as big women demand money," he told the victims' relatives.
Police records show that the Baba had been arrested for at least three times previously on charge of making similar attempts. Each time he had been released after promising not to repeat such acts in the future.
Meanwhile, Pashupatinath vicinity remained tense for hours as locals protested demanding stern action against the Baba and compensation to the victim's family.
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