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Police detained a temple priest in the Lajjpuri locality of the Nagar Kotwali area in Hapur District, Uttar Pradesh, for allegedly molesting a 7-year-old girl.
According to reports, the priest engaged in inappropriate behavior with minor girls who were playing at the temple.
The girls informed their families about the incident when they returned home. Angered by this, the families of the victims confronted the priest and, along with other locals, beat him up before handing him over to the police.
A video of the confrontation has surfaced online, in which the priest can be seen apologising to the parents of the girls.
Later in the video, the crowd can be seen hitting the priest while others recorded the incident on their phones.
According to the Hindi newspaper Amar Ujala, on the day of Krishna Janmashtami, the priest allegedly molested a young woman. The incident has caused widespread outrage among the residents.
The police took the accused into custody and launched an investigation into the allegations.
Police said that a case will be registered based on the complaint filed.
Mumbai teacher beaten by mob for molesting minor girl
In a similar incident, A 36-year-old teacher was dragged onto the road, stripped and beaten by a mob on Wednesday morning after it emerged that he molested a 13-year-old girl at a coaching centre in Virar, a coastal city near Mumbai. Later the mob, which included the parents of the girl, handed over the teacher to the police.
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As per reports, the teacher, who owns a coaching centre in Virar’s Manvelpada, allegedly molested the girl over the past week.
The parents of the girl came to know what happened to their daughter only when they asked her on Wednesday why she had not gone to the coaching centre since Monday. The girl told their parents that the teacher had been inappropriately touching her for the past several days.
