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A Corentyne pandit, who is being investigated for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl, has been rearrested for allegedly posting videos of the teenager performing sex acts with him.
Police rearrested the religious leader after the girl’s 31-year-old mother told investigators about the videos being circulated on social media.
The pandit who is already on $100,000 station bill for the alleged March 17, incident was released on $20,000 station bail on Wednesday.
According to the government’s part time, 10-day worker, it was four days after the incident that her daughter told her what allegedly happened when the pandit invited her to his birthday party.
The 31-year-old woman said she was told that her daughter was given beer to drink and when she became intoxicated she was taken to the into a room and sexually assaulted. However, the teenager only spoke out after her mother confronted her.
According to the mother, when she confronted her daughter with the information she received from a friend, the young lady went into the yard and ingested a poisonous substance. It was after this that she revealed to her mother what transpired on March 17.
According to the mother of the teenager, following the attempted suicide, Child Care intervened and promised to provide counselling for the teenager.
“Up to today I have not gotten back any call from them”, the woman said.
