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A priest and his son died by suicide in Jangaon district, Telangana, allegedly due to financial and family distress.

Kodungalloor police detained 48-year-old temple priest Shaji for allegedly sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl in Thrissur. The abuse occurred last year under the guise of performing rituals. The incident surfaced recently, leading to a case under the POCSO Act

In addition to filing a complaint with the II-Town Police, the Dalit MLA also submitted a complaint to Speaker G Prasad Kumar. Following this, the Speaker instructed the District Collector to investigate the motive behind the priest recording images and videos of the MLA and his family and to submit a report.

The Uppal police are examining footage from surveillance cameras in the surroundings to identify the miscreants

Police said the body's hands and legs were tied with a cloth and a cloth was stuffed in the mouth. Prima facie it appears that Tiwari died due to suffocation, they said.

Four idols, almost 400-years-old, have gone missing from the Shri Ram temple. FIR filed against priest and wife.

Hyderabad: A case was booked against a priest of a temple in Secunderabad for allegedly hitting and threatening a devotee who visited the temple. According to the police, the devotee had come to the temple and was reportedly trying to enter the sanctum sanctorum when the priest objected and got angry resulting in the incident. […]

The priest came down tumbling to meet gory death on Saturday

Unidentified persons broke open the temple door to enter the sanctum sanctorum and removed the head of the idol on Monday night