ISKCON monk in Bengal goes missing after sexual abuse grievance emerges

By IANS

KOLKATA: Jagadartiha Das, a monk and the chief coordinator of the globally acclaimed International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple at Mayapur in West Bengal’s Nadia district has gone missing after a security guard of the temple filed a grievance at an space police station in opposition to him.

According to the FIR filed at Nabadwip Police Station, the monk allegedly summoned his security guard to his room and sexually abused him. Local police sources talked about that although earlier too there have been comparable complaints of sexual abuse in opposition to the similar monk, this was the first time a correct police grievance has been filed.

The Nadia district police Superintendent Ishani Paul has confirmed to the media people {{that a}} grievance has been filed in opposition to the talked about monk and he is however to be arrested as he went absconding. She moreover confirmed that the police have started a probe into the matter and have begun the tactic of monitoring the accused monk.

The accused monk has been charged beneath Section 377 (unnatural offences), Section 342 (wrongful confinement) and Section 506 (jail intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.

Meanwhile, the temple authorities have taken up the matter considerably and they also have expelled Das, who was typically referred to as Jayanta Kumar Saha all through his pre-monastery days, from the affiliation.

In his grievance, the protection guard alleged that the accused monk moreover threatened of getting him sacked if he opened his mouth regarding the abuse. The sufferer allegedly educated the police that beforehand too totally different workers of the temple had been sexually abused, though they remained silent throughout the face of threats.

KOLKATA: Jagadartiha Das, a monk and the chief coordinator of the globally acclaimed International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple at Mayapur in West Bengal’s Nadia district has gone missing after a security guard of the temple filed a grievance at an space police station in opposition to him.

According to the FIR filed at Nabadwip Police Station, the monk allegedly summoned his security guard to his room and sexually abused him. Local police sources talked about that although earlier too there have been comparable complaints of sexual abuse in opposition to the similar monk, this was the first time a correct police grievance has been filed.

The Nadia district police Superintendent Ishani Paul has confirmed to the media people {{that a}} grievance has been filed in opposition to the talked about monk and he is however to be arrested as he went absconding. She moreover confirmed that the police have started a probe into the matter and have begun the tactic of monitoring the accused monk.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

The accused monk has been charged beneath Section 377 (unnatural offences), Section 342 (wrongful confinement) and Section 506 (jail intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.

Meanwhile, the temple authorities have taken up the matter considerably and they also have expelled Das, who was typically referred to as Jayanta Kumar Saha all through his pre-monastery days, from the affiliation.

In his grievance, the protection guard alleged that the accused monk moreover threatened of getting him sacked if he opened his mouth regarding the abuse. The sufferer allegedly educated the police that beforehand too totally different workers of the temple had been sexually abused, though they remained silent throughout the face of threats.