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ISKCON monk in Bengal is going lacking after sexual abuse criticism emerges

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KOLKATA: Jagadartiha Das, a monk and the executive coordinator of the globally acclaimed World Society for Krishna Awareness (ISKCON) temple at Mayapur in West Bengal’s Nadia district has long gone lacking after a safety guard of the temple filed a criticism at an area police station towards him.

Consistent with the FIR filed at Nabadwip Police Station, the monk allegedly summoned his safety guard to his room and sexually abused him. Native police resources mentioned that even supposing previous too there have been an identical court cases of sexual abuse towards the similar monk, this used to be the primary time a proper police criticism has been filed.

The Nadia district police Superintendent Ishani Paul has showed to the media individuals {that a} criticism has been filed towards the mentioned monk and he’s but to be arrested as he went absconding. She additionally showed that the police have began a probe into the topic and feature begun the method of monitoring the accused monk.

The accused monk has been charged below Phase 377 (unnatural offences), Phase 342 (wrongful confinement) and Phase 506 (prison intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.

In the meantime, the temple government have taken up the topic significantly and they have got expelled Das, who used to be referred to as Jayanta Kumar Saha all through his pre-monastery days, from the affiliation.

In his criticism, the protection guard alleged that the accused monk additionally threatened of having him sacked if he opened his mouth in regards to the abuse. The sufferer allegedly knowledgeable the police that in the past too different body of workers of the temple have been sexually abused, despite the fact that they remained silent within the face of threats.

KOLKATA: Jagadartiha Das, a monk and the executive coordinator of the globally acclaimed World Society for Krishna Awareness (ISKCON) temple at Mayapur in West Bengal’s Nadia district has long gone lacking after a safety guard of the temple filed a criticism at an area police station towards him.

Consistent with the FIR filed at Nabadwip Police Station, the monk allegedly summoned his safety guard to his room and sexually abused him. Native police resources mentioned that even supposing previous too there have been an identical court cases of sexual abuse towards the similar monk, this used to be the primary time a proper police criticism has been filed.

The Nadia district police Superintendent Ishani Paul has showed to the media individuals {that a} criticism has been filed towards the mentioned monk and he’s but to be arrested as he went absconding. She additionally showed that the police have began a probe into the topic and feature begun the method of monitoring the accused monk.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

The accused monk has been charged below Phase 377 (unnatural offences), Phase 342 (wrongful confinement) and Phase 506 (prison intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.

In the meantime, the temple government have taken up the topic significantly and they have got expelled Das, who used to be referred to as Jayanta Kumar Saha all through his pre-monastery days, from the affiliation.

In his criticism, the protection guard alleged that the accused monk additionally threatened of having him sacked if he opened his mouth in regards to the abuse. The sufferer allegedly knowledgeable the police that in the past too different body of workers of the temple have been sexually abused, despite the fact that they remained silent within the face of threats.