Dehradun, Jul 1 (PTI) A woman from Maharashtra has accused a former priest of Badrinath temple and the CEO of Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee of molestation. A case has been registered against the duo under relevant sections of the IPC and investigations are on, the SP has said. A team is being sent to Mumbai to probe charges about the duo trying to usurp the sadhvis property there, the SP added. Such allegations have been levelled against a Badrinath priest in the past also. Former head priest of Badrinath Keshav Prasad Namboodiri was arrested in February, 2014 after he was charged with sexually assaulting a woman in a Delhi hotel in an inebriated state.

Source: India Today July 01, 2017 07:41 UTC