Jain Muni arrested for allegations of raping 19 year old girl to undergo potency test

Surat: The potency test of an around 50 year old Jain muni who has been arrested and jailed for allegedly raping a 19 year old girl will be conducted.

CMO of the civil hospital here Archana Patel said that certain physical examinations of the accused have been done but the potency test to ascertain his ability to indulge in sex was yet to be done. Some forensic investigation was also to be conducted.

The victim, a native of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh living in Vadodara for study, had in a letter to the police commissioner of Surat had alleged that she was raped by Muni Shanti Sagar Maharaj of Digambar Jain sect on October 1. She had come to see him with her family during his Chaturmas (a kind of religious ceremony). He raped her under the pretext of some kind of Mantra diksha/jaap in Nanpura Timaliyavad here. Her family had come in contact with muni in March this year. The girl has alleged that the Muni had also threatened her.

Shaniti Sagar, who was formally arrested last night and sent to Lajpore central jail late in the night claimed that he has been trapped. He claimed that the reason behind it was money. He was called to the police station and was detained. The process to formally arrest him later followed.

His arrest followed the medical examination of the victim in new civil hospital here in which it was established that she was raped.

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