Temple staffers held for rape
Friday - September 15, 2017 2:16 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Barsana (Uttar Pradesh) Sep 15 (IANS) Two staffers of the Sri Radha Rani Temple here have been arrested for allegedly raping a pilgrim from Odisha police said on Friday.
Kanhaiyya Yadav a watchman and a cook Panga Thakur were taken into custody on Thursday evening on the basis of the pilgrim s medical report.
The victim alleged she was raped on September 11 in the temple premises police said.
The action came after Mathura s Senior Superintendent of Police Swapnil Mamgai intervened as local police allegedly did not act on the victim s complaint.
The two accused have been suspended by the temple management according to Krishn Murari Goswami a senior temple official.
--IANS
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