Pontiff in Belagavi held for rape of minor girl; POCSO case filed against seer
Belagavi: A priest in Mekali village of Raibagh taluk, Lokeshwar Swami, was arrested by police for rape of a minor girl in Raichur recently.
The parents of the victim had filed a complaint with the Bagalkot Women Police, and the case was handed over to Moodalagi Police Station, where a POCSO Act case has been filed against the accused.
On May 13, the girl was on her way home, when the pontiff is learned to have offered to drop her in his car. The girl accepted the offer as the family had been acquainted with the pontiff and got into the car. The pontiff, however, reportedly abducted the girl from Belagavi and, driving through Bagalkot, took her to Raichur. He took the girl to a lodge in Raichur town where he raped her, the complainants told the police.
The pontiff dropped the girl at the Mahalingapura Bus Stand of Bagalkot district on May 16. He is also accused of threatening to kill the girl if she revealed that he had raped her.
The girl, however, told her family members of the incident, leading her parents to immediately file a complaint with the police. A POCSO Act case was filed against the pontiff and the police, who probed the matter, have arrested the pontiff.
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Had a very good conversation with friend Modi: Trump
Washington (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Friday said he had a "very good conversation" with his "friend" Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He was referring to the talks the two leaders had on Tuesday.
"I had a very good talk with him, and he's a friend of mine from India, and he's doing great. We had a very good conversation," Trump told reporters here as he headed to Las Vegas to address a roundtable on tax cuts.
Trump had called Modi on Tuesday to discuss the bilateral relationship and share perspectives on the situation in West Asia, where the US and Israel have launched a war on Iran.
The US and Iran declared a two-week ceasefire on April 7. They engaged in peace talks with Washington, insisting that Tehran give up its pursuit of nuclear weapons and uranium enrichment.
The war with Iran has sent gas prices soaring as Tehran blocked the sea lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow gateway for a fifth of global oil supplies.
During the Trump-Modi phone call on Tuesday, the two leaders stressed the importance of keeping the Strait of Hormuz open and secure.
According to the US Ambassador to India Sergei Gor, the 40-minute conversation ended with Trump telling Modi, "we all love you".
Tuesday's phone call was the second between the two leaders since the US-Israel war with Iran began on February 28.
