Bhubaneswar, March 18: A court in the Odisha capital on Monday sentenced a 'sevayat' (priest) of Shree Lingaraj Temple here to 18 months of imprisonment for sexually harassing a woman foreign tourist. The court of the judicial magistrate first class pronounced the judgment within four weeks of the crime. Odisha Shocker: Man Dies of Heart Attack After Accident Kills Brother, Nephew in Keonjhar

Kundan Mahapatra, the convict, sexually harassed the Swedish tourist on February 19 when she was roaming alone near the 11th Century Lingaraj temple here. Following the incident, the victim filed a complaint with the police and the priest was arrested the same day. Odisha Shocker: Tea Stall Owner Dies of Heart Attack Due to Loud Music in Rourkela, DJ Held

The police filed the charge sheet in just four days (February 23) and the trial began on February 26.

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