Srinagar- A minor girl has been hospitalized after a self-styled godman allegedly made her smoke a cigarette in a market place in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, sources said.
They told a local news agency GNS that a girl (name withheld) of Singu Narbal was hospitalized in an unconscious condition. “The mother of the minor girl has been claiming that she (minor girl) was made to puff a cigarette by a self-styled godman at Newa Market”, the sources said.
“She is currently under treatment at District Hospital Pulwama”, they said.
Identifying the accused as Abdul Rasheed Telie, a resident of Zadoora at present at a rental room at Newa Market, a police official said that the accused is famous by the name ‘Peer Baba’ and works as tailor in the locality.
“We have registered a case against the accused under relevant sections for due proceedings”, the official added.