Puri servitor’s assistant held for sexual assault on boy

A servitor’s assistant (jatri gumasta) at the Jagannath Temple in Puri, was arrested for sexually assaulting a minor boy inside the shrine, the third such arrest since 2021 from the temple precincts. Sudarsan Mishra (42) of Puri was charged with sexual assault on a 13-year-old boy, has been learning vedic chants and hymns at the Sanskrit toll, run by Puja Panda Nijog (a prominent association of servitors) inside the Jagannath Temple.

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