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  UP: Gonda priest faked attack on himself to frame rival

  News | October 18, 2020 13:47 IST

  The police claimed that that the chief monk of the temple, the village head and the injured priest had made the plan to carry out the attack.

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  UP: Gonda shooting was ‘staged’, injured priest booked; 7 held

  India | October 18, 2020 13:05 IST

  The Gonda police arrested Munna Singh, Vipin, Neeraj Singh, Sonu Singh, Mahant Sitaram, Shiv Shankar Singh, and Vinay Kumar on Saturday from Haridwar Singh Bagh in Tiremanorama village under Ithiyathok police station jurisdiction.

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  Rajasthan priest murder: CM Gehlot directs for CID-CB probe into case

  India | October 12, 2020 6:41 IST

  Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday directed officials to get the killing of a temple priest in Karauli district probed by the CID-CB.

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  Gonda priest shot over land dispute; 2 arrested

  Crime | October 11, 2020 11:00 IST

  A priest in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda was shot at late last night, following which he was rushed to hospital.

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  Karauli priest case: Family performs last rites of victim

  News | October 11, 2020 8:14 IST

  Family members of the priest, who was allegedly burnt alive by few people during a scuffle over temple land encroachment at Bukna village in Sapotra, Karauli district of Rajasthan, performed the last rites of the victim on October 10.

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  Karauli Priest Death: Protesters say they have compromised with the situation, not happy with govt approach

  News | October 10, 2020 20:32 IST

  Those protesting against the killing of the priest in Karauli said that it was there compulsion to cremate the body of the priest and they are not at all happy with the attitude of the state government. They will discuss this issue again tomorrow.

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  Family of priest agrees to cremate the body

  News | October 10, 2020 17:20 IST

  Governor Kalraj Mishra called up Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in the morning to discuss the crimes being committed in Rajasthan. During this, the Governor expressed concern about the law and order of the state including burning of priest alive in Kara

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  Govt to give Rs 10 lakh ex-gratia and Rs 1.5 lakh under PM Awas Yojana to the Priest's family

  News | October 10, 2020 17:05 IST

  Govt to give Rs 10 lakh ex-gratia and Rs 1.5 lakh under PM Awas Yojana to the Priest's family. A job will also be given to a member of his family.

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  Rajasthan temple priest, burnt to death by land mafias, cremated after family ends protest

  India | October 10, 2020 23:51 IST

  The family of the Rajasthan temple priest Babulal Vaishnav, who was burnt alive by land mafias in Karauli for resisting to allow the temple land being taken over by encroachers, on Saturday performed the last rites of the slain priest after they were assured of Rs 10 lakh financial assistance, a government job and a house under PM Awas Yojana.

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  Karnataka: 3 temple priests killed in Mandya, burglars decamp with cash

  Crime | September 11, 2020 13:10 IST

  Three priests of a famous temple in Mandya were allegedly killed by a gang during a robbery bid, police said on Friday. According to police, the priests of Arakeshwara temple were stabbed to death by the gang, which decamped with currency notes in the 'hundi' (donation box) on Thursday night. However, the coins in the box were intact.

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  Priest found hanging in UP temple complex

  India | June 26, 2020 9:58 IST

  According to the police, the body was found on Thursday. The priest, Ram Dikshit a.k.a. Manish Dikshit, had committed suicide, but no suicide note was found in the temple, said a police officer. The priest was living in the temple complex for almost a decade.

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  Priest at Sri Kalahasti shrine tests COVID-19 positive; reopening postponed

  India | June 09, 2020 22:55 IST

  A priest of the Sri Vaayulingeswra shrine at Sri Kalahasti, 40 km from here, on Tuesday tested positive for COVID-19, prompting temple authorities to postpone its reopening on June 12.   

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  Priest held for duping people on pretext of 'gold puja'

  Crime | January 22, 2020 23:16 IST

  A 35-year-old priest has been arrested in Navi Mumbai for duping people on the pretext of performing puja of their gold jewelry to ward off evil spirits, police said on Wednesday.

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  French priest on trial, accused of sexually abusing 75 boys

  World | January 14, 2020 15:30 IST

  A French former priest accused of sexually abusing some 75 boys when he worked as their scout chaplain is on trial in Lyon, France's worst clergy abuse drama to reach court so far.

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  Priest electrocuted to death at Basukinath temple in Jharkhand

  India | January 01, 2020 23:40 IST

  A 30-year-old priest was electrocuted to death inside the sanctum sanctorum of the famous Basukinath temple in Dumka on Wednesday, the police said.

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  Priest killed as SUV hits tree in Uttar Pradesh's Banda

  India | October 16, 2019 18:53 IST

  While trying to avoid hitting the cattle, the priest's driver Rahul lost control of the vehicle and it hit a roadside tree, police said.

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  30-year scandal: Did Italian priest father a Kenyan boy?

  World | October 09, 2019 16:58 IST

  When Sabina Losirkale went into labour, her sister Scolastica recalls, priests and religious sisters filled the delivery ward waiting to see the colour of the baby’s skin — and if their worst fears had come to pass.

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  70-year old Catholic priest in Kerala accused of molesting minors

  Crime | September 20, 2019 12:17 IST

  The priest, George Padayatty, vicar of a Syrian Catholic Church in Chendamangalam, has been absconding after a case was registered against him in connection with the incident, police said.

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  Priest accused of raping woman denied pre-arrest bail

  India | March 05, 2019 11:35 IST

  He has, reportedly, repeatedly raped the female.

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  'Rapist' Kerala priest gets 60 years in jail

  India | February 16, 2019 15:52 IST

  A 51-year-old Kerala Catholic priest Robin Vadakkumchery on Saturday was sentenced to 60 years in jail in three different cases of rape and abuse of minor girls.