The police in Andhra Pradesh have arrested a 46-year-old Church pastor Alavala Sudhakar over allegations of sexual assault on a minor girl in the Kakinada rural zone of East Godavari district.
As per reports, the pastor allegedly assaulted the minor girl on June 22 and as soon the victim’s mother came to know, she filed a police complaint in the Sarpavaram police station. The pastor was arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and remanded to judicial custody by the court.
According to a local news report, the pastor was attending a function on June 22, where he laid his eyes on the 10-year-old girl who he later convinced to go with him to a field away from the church and then proceeded to sexually assault the minor.
When the terrified 10-year-old girl started screaming for help, Pastor Sudhakar stuffed a fifty rupee note in her hand as a bribe asking her to not tell anyone about the incident.
Later when the villagers and her family members spoke to the minor she told them about her ordeal with the pastor which led her mother to approach the police with a complaint against the pastor.
Sarpavaram circle inspector B Rajasekhar said: “The Kakinada-based pastor, identified as Alavala Sudhakar, attended a function in the city on June 22. While the function was in progress, Mr Sudhakar reportedly sexually abused the victim in a nearby thatched house.”
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