Temple priest’s assistant from Kerala arrested for sexually assaulting woman in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: The Bellandur Police have arrested a temple priest’s assistant from Kerala for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman from Bengaluru on Monday under the pretext of offering spiritual guidance.
The accused has been identified as Arun T.A., a graduate with a bachelor's degree, who served as an assistant to a priest at the Sree Vishnumaya Swamy Temple in Kerala.
The 38-year-old woman, a resident of Haralur in Bengaluru, had reportedly visited the temple seeking spiritual help to cope with personal challenges following the death of her husband.
She alleged that Arun warned her of black magic being performed on her family, saying they were in serious danger. He then asked for her contact details, promising spiritual guidance, and instructed her to wait for his calls.
However, the 40-year-old man reportedly harassed the woman sexually on video calls by making obscene gestures and advances towards her.
The woman filed a complaint and told the police that she was sexually assaulted and threatened with black magic.
The police have booked the accused under Sections 64 (rape) and 78 (stalking) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). An investigation is currently underway.
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TN Cabinet: CM Vijay to helm gen admin, police, women, youth welfare; Sengottaiyan is Fin min
Chennai (PTI): In his maiden government, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay will handle key portfolios including police, general administration and welfare of women, youth and children, while veteran leader K A Sengottaiyan has been designated as the Finance Minister, the Lok Bhavan said on Saturday.
By keeping Home for himself, Vijay continues the trend of Chief Ministers in TN retaining the important portfolio with themselves.
The portfolios for all the 10 ministers, including Vijay, were approved by Governor Rajendra Viswanath Arlekar as per the recommendation of the chief minister, a Tamil Nadu Lok Bhavan press release said.
The portfolio allocations came a week after the council of ministers led by Vijay was sworn in on May 10.
According to the Lok Bhavan, Vijay will handle public, general administration, police, women and youth welfare, welfare of children, aged, differently abled persons, municipal administration and urban and water supply.
N Anand was designated minister for rural development and water resources. Aadhav Arjuna will take care of public works (buildings, highways and minor ports) and sports development. Dr K G Arunraj will be the minister for health, medical education and family welfare, the release said.
P Venkataramanan has been allocated Food and Civil Supplies, while R Nirmalkumar will handle Energy Resources and Law.
Rajmohan shall be the Minister for School Education, Tamil Development, Information and Publicity.
Dr TK Prabhu will handle the portfolios of Natural Resources, Minerals and Mines and S Keerthana will be the minister for industries, the release added.
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