Goa Police has started a probe into allegations of molestation raised against a priest attached to the popular Mangueshi temple in south Goa after a victim filed an FIR, an officer said on Friday. The First Information Report was filed at Ponda police station late on Thursday, he said. "We are investigating the case. An FIR has been filed by the victim under section 354 (outraging modesty) of Indian Penal Code (IPC)," Superintendent of Police (South Goa) Arvind Gawas told reporters on Friday.

The priest, Dhananjay Bhave, accused of the alleged molestation, will be summoned formally, the officer said. Two young women, including a student of medicine studying in the US, have accused a temple priest of the popular Mangeshi temple of molestation. Both complaints were submitted to the temple committee in June.