Minor boy molested at Satlok Ashram in Haryana; accused held
Police swing into action on a complaint from Child Welfare Committee chairperson
A minor boy was sexually assaulted at the Satlok Ashram in Sonipat, Haryana, and the accused, 74-year-old sect leader Rampal, has been arrested, according to police. The child, who had come to the ashram in Dhanana, was questioned by police following his arrest on September 24 and is now in judicial custody, Deputy Commissioner of Police Jitender Gehlawat told reporters.
The Child Welfare Committee (CWC) chairperson reported the incident on September 23 to the Baroda police, who subsequently took the child into protective care and transferred him to a hospital in Khanpur Kalan for counseling and medical and legal procedures.
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