Vejalpur Priest Arrested for Molesting 5-year-old

Times of India
June 23, 2013

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AHMEDABAD: A 50-year-old man has been accused of molesting a five-year-old girl living in the same colony in Vejalpur. The colony members have handed him over to police for further investigation after a complaint by her father.

According to police, Asha (name changed), resident of a society in Jivraj Park, had started behaving strangely for some time that had alerted her mother. She took her into confidence and asked her to narrate what had happened when she told her that she was taken to a room by Anil, priest of a temple in the society, where she was molested.

"Aghast, she told her husband about the incident after which he along with others beat Anil up and took him to the police station. Anil lives with his brother and mother in the same society for the past 15 years. He had separated from wife for that many years and taken up the job of a priest at a local temple for the past five years," said a Vejalpur police official.

The local residents also told officials that Anil used to take the young children to temple.