Archive · 24 May 2025
Religious Leader Arrested for Assault of Minor
A religious leader named Lokeshwar Swami has been arrested.
He's accused of harming a young girl.
It is alleged that the Swami picked up the girl, threatened her, and took her to different places where the assaults took place.
The girl was later left at a bus stand, after which her father filed a police complaint.
The police then arrested the Swami.
Lokeshwar Swami of Ram Mandir Mutt arrested in Belagavi.
Swami arrested on May 22, 2025, for alleged offenses against a minor.
The alleged incidents occurred in Bagalkot, Raichur, and Mahalingpur.
The victim is a minor girl, allegedly assaulted on multiple dates.
The girl's father filed a complaint leading to the Swami's arrest.
- Who
- Lokeshwar Swami, a minor girl, and the girl's father.
- What
- Lokeshwar Swami was arrested on charges of rape and violating the POCSO Act.
- When
- Offenses occurred on or before May 16, 2025, arrest on May 22, 2025.
- Where
- Bagalkot, Raichur, Mahalingpur, Belagavi
- Why
- Lokeshwar Swami is accused of rape and violating POCSO act.
- Accused
- Lokeshwar Swami
- Charges
- POCSO, Rape
- Institution
- Ram Mandir Mutt
- Location of Arrest
- Belagavi
- Victim
- Minor Girl
- Date of Arrest
- May 22, 2025
