A self-styled Baba (godman) was on Thursday arrested for allegedly misbehaving with a minor girl at Khariar in the district.
The accused, identified as Basant Kumar Bag of Bhutupali village under the Balangir Sadar police station, was forwarded to court after being arrested under various Sections of the IPC and POCSO Act.
As per a complaint lodged by the girl with the Khariar police, Bag took her to a room at her house on June 11 evening on the pretext of performing a ritual. The girl became unconscious after he misbehaved with her inside the room.
Family members of the girl rescued her and admitted her to a hospital in Khariar. After gaining consciousness, she narrated the incident to her family members.
Acting on an FIR filed by the girl, the Khariar police arrested Bag.