Odisha: Sevayat who molested Swedish tourist gets 18 months jail
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisha: Sevayat who molested Swedish tourist gets 18 months jail

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: A local court here on Monday sentenced a sevayat of Lingaraj temple to one-and-a-half years rigorous imprisonment for sexually harassing a Swedish national on February 19. Judicial Magistrate First Class-I Payal Gupta convicted Mohapatra under sections 341, 354 and 354A of IPC and sentenced him to 18 months in jail. Around seven witnesses including two security staff of the temple and a lady police personnel were examined during the trial,” said additional public prosecutor Bijan Bihari Kar. Sevayat gets jail for harassing Swedish woman Lingaraj police have asked various nijogs to avoid keeping sevayats known for their involvement in anti-social activities in the temple.

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