In a late-night crackdown, the Uttar Pradesh Police arrested a priest who is the main accused in the alleged gangrape of an anganwadi worker.
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District Magistrate Kumar Prashant said on Thursday midnight that ‘mahant’ (priest) Satya Narayan was hiding in the house of his follower in a village under Ughaiti police station from where he was picked up.
He was immediately arrested and was being interrogated by a police team.
On Sunday, the 50-year-old woman who had gone to a temple was found dead under mysterious circumstances. Her family members have accused the temple priest and his aides of raping and murdering her.
A case was registered against the accused and two of them were arrested on Tuesday night, while the priest had been at large.
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