The CBI investigation revealed that the priest would lure girls visiting the temple into a room on the pretext of offering them ‘prasad’ (AI Image)
Additional district and sessions judge Brijesh Kumar of Mathura, in a verdict delivered on Friday, also imposed a fine of Rs 1.43 lakh on the convict, Shyam Bihari, assistant advocate Rampal Singh said, according to news agency PTI.
The agency subsequently arrested the priest from a temple in a village under the Jaint police station area, Singh said. MATHURA: A court has sentenced a priest to life imprisonment for secretly recording obscene videos of adolescent girls visiting the temple where he worked and selling the footage to foreigners, a government lawyer said on Sunday.
Acting on information received from Interpol, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered an FIR on June 17, 2025. The CBI completed its investigation within a month and filed a chargesheet in court on August 18, 2025. The CBI investigation revealed that the priest would lure girls visiting the temple into a room on the pretext of offering them ‘prasad’.