Bengaluru: In a shameful yet shocking incident, a woman has alleged that she was sexually assaulted by a poojari on the pretext of conducting a special ritual.
A case has been filed by the police under section under Section 354 A and 354 B against the poojari.
“A lady filed a complaint in Banaswadi police station on September 10. She told us that she approached a poojari for some personal reasons for which the poojari advised her to perform two poojas. He told her to perform one pooja here and another pooja at Kukke Subramanya temple,” said Rahul Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP).
“She alleged that when the poojari took her to Kukke Subramanya for performing pooja, he tried to assault her sexually,” he further added.
The police are probing the case to know the authenticity of the claims.