The cyber police of Kanyakumari filed sexual harassment charges against Father Benedict Anto following a complaint received from a nursing college student. The police arrested him at a farm house in Nagercoil where he was hiding from the police.
The cybercrime police have booked him under five sections including charges on harassment and threatening.
Who is Father Benedict Anto?
Father Benedict Anto is a 29 years old pastor in Syro Malankara Catholic church at Pilankalai, Kanyakumari district.
As per the complaint received by the police, Benedict Anto trap girls who come to the church for confession and attempt to sexually harass them. It is revealed that many innocent young girls and women have fallen prey to his acts.
He chats with the girls using whatsapp and makes obscene video calls. He also sends obscene pictures of himself to girls. He takes videos of the girls and then blackmails them into fulfilling his sexual desires.
He also have connections with leaders of political parties and use them to escape from his sinful acts. A photo from his facebook account revolves around the internet where he had posted a picture of himself with Naam Thamizhar Katchi leader Seeman.
This picture is highly trolled by netizens for his connection with political leaders.
Leaked Photos and Videos
From last week the private photos and videos of father Benedict Anto leaked and started to circulate the internet. Austin Leo, a law student in Kanyakumari is said to have released the obscene videos.
It is revealed that Benedict Anto and Austin Leo had some personal problems with one another and the Whatsapp videos, photos and voice messages were leaked as a revenge. Then, Austin Leo was arrested by the police due to a complaint filed by the priest.
Complaint filed against the priest
During this time, a first year nursing student filed a complaint against the priest to the superintendent of police.
The complaint said that priest tried to touch her inappropriately at the chursh and forced her to talk to him in whatsapp calls and text. He collected her mobile number and started calling her.
She then got to know that he is tourturing many other girls apart from her and decided to file a complaint against him. Knowing that father Benedict Anto along with his accompliances threatened her. She filed complaint against Paulraj and two others along with the priest for threatening and harassing her.
Manhunt for the priest
After such allegations were charged against the priest, he absconded and went into hiding. The police set up a manhunt for the priest and searched for him.
The police got information that he is hiding in Bangalore. According to the obtained information, two teams were set up. One team was sent to Bengaluru and other team to Kerala to capture him.
Finally, Police arrested Father Benedict Anto in a farm house at Nagercoil in Kanyakumari district.
