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MARGAO
The Maina-Curtorim police on Wednesday arrested a native of Bihar in connection with the desecration of the cross at Cupem-Nuvem late Tuesday night.
Maina-Curtorim investigating officer, PSI Parek Parag, informed that the police rounded up Sikandar Sahani (32), believed to be a beggar after he was found near another cross in the village.
He has been arrested under section 295 of the IPC for allegedly defiling a place of worship with the purpose to insult religious sentiments. “We are interrogating the accused. We have arrested the accused for the reason that he was found moving suspiciously near another a cross in the village on Wednesday,” PSI Parag said.
