Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police said on Monday that a special investigating team (SIT) has been constituted to probe the alleged sexual exploitation of four minor girls by a fake "soul healer" in central Kashmir's Badgam district.
A police officer told IANS that the SIT would probe the sexual exploitation of the minor girls by Gulzar Ahmed Bhat, who headed an institute where the girls studied. Meanwhile, a court extended Bhat's police remand till June 1.
One more victim recorded her statement before the court on Monday. The fake "soul healer" was arrested last week after a complaint was filed against him by the four minor girls.
Police sources said that Bhat had been running a sex racket wherein he would supply girls from his institute for sexual exploitation to other people....
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05:45 AM, May 28, 2013
Srinagar: A self-styled "religious preacher" was arrested from Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district for repeated sexual exploitation of four minor girls at an institute he ran, police said on Tuesday. "Police in Badgam district received a joint complaint by four minor girls who were reading in an institute claiming religious preaching headed by Gulzar Ahmed Bhat, son of Ghulam Qadir Bhat, resident of Latter Chadur (Shamasabad) Khan Sahib. The minor...
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05:30 AM, Apr 13, 2013
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01:30 PM, Feb 18, 2013
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