Tamil Nadu pastor assaults sons for playing with Hindu child, arrested
A Christian pastor from Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari district has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his two young sons for playing with a Hindu child from the neighbourhood.The accused, 42-year-old Kingsley, resides in an apartment in the Karungal area with his wife and three children. Kingsley is a pastor and would often take his wife and eight-month-old baby along with him for sermons, leaving his six-year-old and three-year-old sons locked up at home.advertisementAccording to police, on May 29, Kingsley returned home and saw his sons playing with other children from the neighbourhood. He became furious, reportedly because one of the children they were playing with was Hindu, and dragged his sons back into the apartment, where he is alleged to have assaulted them with skipping ropes.
Neighbours, alerted by the sound of the children crying in pain, contacted the District Child Protection Unit and Karungal Police. Officials who arrived at the scene said they were shocked to find visible injuries and beating marks all over the children's bodies.The children were immediately rescued, and during preliminary questioning, reportedly told officials that their father was angry because they had played with Hindu children.Kingsley has been booked under Sections 296(b), 115(2), and 351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act. Section 296(b) of the BNS pertains to obscene acts and songs in public places, while Section 115(2) deals with voluntarily causing hurt. Section 351(3) defines the offence of criminal intimidation. Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act relates to punishment for cruelty to a child.advertisement
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