Priest Arrested

A 35-year-old man was arrested for allegedly attacking a priest with a knife at an ashram in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Saturday.

Police have arrested a Christian priest, a woman who worked at a bar, and one more person from Thane city of Maharashtra on the charge of grabbing a property worth Rs 19.70 crore of a deceased man by creating his fake marriage certificate.

Cops panicked on hearing of a man buried alive in a pit. They rushed to the village and pulled him out. After rescuing the young man, the police strictly interrogated him, after which the priests' plan was revealed.

A priest at a gurdwara in Punjab's Malerkotla district has alleged that he was thrashed, his face blackened and urine thrown at him.

Police on Thursday said they have arrested a priest's son for allegedly stealing 55 sovereigns of gold jewels and Rs 80,000 in cash from their own house in Kottayam district of Kerala.

The Sikh priest transferred Rs 1.25 lakh to the bank account number given by the accused. The complainant was also duped in name of payments for visa fees and money exchange, police said.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said the pastor, arrested recently in the state for allegedly luring people to convert to Christianity, had several cases registered against him, including that of a person's death.

The Rajasthan police Sunday arrested a priest for allegedly not allowing a newlywed Dalit couple to offer prayers at a temple in Jalore, officials said.

An 11-year-old girl was allegedly raped by the priest of a church in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat, following which he was arrested, police said on Sunday.

Five people, including a priest, have been taken into police custody for allegedly asking a Dalit family to pay Rs 25,000 fine to "sanitise" a temple, in Miyapura village in Karnataka's Koppal district, after their four-year-old son entered it, the p

Delhi Police have registered a case in the death of a minor girl in suspicious circumstances who was cremated without her parents' consent at Old Nangal crematorium last night after she was allegedly found dead.

A day after activist Stan Swamy's death, a report from an American forensic agency claims that incriminating evidence was planted on the computer of Surendra Gadling, who, like the Christian priest, was arrested under a harsh anti-terror law.

The death of Father Stan Swamy - the 84-year-old Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist arrested and jailed last year under a draconian anti-terror law in connection with the Elgar Parishad case - has triggered a flood of sorrowful messages.

The Bombay High Court on Thursday said Jesuit priest and activist Stan Swamy, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, shall remain admitted in a Mumba-based private hospital till June 18 as he is suffering from COVID-19.

Jesuit priest Stan Swamy told the Bombay High Court on Friday that his health has deteriorated steadily since his arrest, but he would rather "suffer and possibly die" than getting treatment at a state-run hospital in Mumbai.

A 35-year-old man was arrested for allegedly attacking a priest with a knife at an ashram in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Saturday.

Police have arrested a Christian priest, a woman who worked at a bar, and one more person from Thane city of Maharashtra on the charge of grabbing a property worth Rs 19.70 crore of a deceased man by creating his fake marriage certificate.

Cops panicked on hearing of a man buried alive in a pit. They rushed to the village and pulled him out. After rescuing the young man, the police strictly interrogated him, after which the priests' plan was revealed.

A priest at a gurdwara in Punjab's Malerkotla district has alleged that he was thrashed, his face blackened and urine thrown at him.

Police on Thursday said they have arrested a priest's son for allegedly stealing 55 sovereigns of gold jewels and Rs 80,000 in cash from their own house in Kottayam district of Kerala.

The Sikh priest transferred Rs 1.25 lakh to the bank account number given by the accused. The complainant was also duped in name of payments for visa fees and money exchange, police said.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said the pastor, arrested recently in the state for allegedly luring people to convert to Christianity, had several cases registered against him, including that of a person's death.

The Rajasthan police Sunday arrested a priest for allegedly not allowing a newlywed Dalit couple to offer prayers at a temple in Jalore, officials said.

An 11-year-old girl was allegedly raped by the priest of a church in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat, following which he was arrested, police said on Sunday.

Five people, including a priest, have been taken into police custody for allegedly asking a Dalit family to pay Rs 25,000 fine to "sanitise" a temple, in Miyapura village in Karnataka's Koppal district, after their four-year-old son entered it, the p

Delhi Police have registered a case in the death of a minor girl in suspicious circumstances who was cremated without her parents' consent at Old Nangal crematorium last night after she was allegedly found dead.

A day after activist Stan Swamy's death, a report from an American forensic agency claims that incriminating evidence was planted on the computer of Surendra Gadling, who, like the Christian priest, was arrested under a harsh anti-terror law.

The death of Father Stan Swamy - the 84-year-old Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist arrested and jailed last year under a draconian anti-terror law in connection with the Elgar Parishad case - has triggered a flood of sorrowful messages.

The Bombay High Court on Thursday said Jesuit priest and activist Stan Swamy, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, shall remain admitted in a Mumba-based private hospital till June 18 as he is suffering from COVID-19.

Jesuit priest Stan Swamy told the Bombay High Court on Friday that his health has deteriorated steadily since his arrest, but he would rather "suffer and possibly die" than getting treatment at a state-run hospital in Mumbai.