<p>The owner of an ashram in Shukertal was arrested for allegedly sexually harassing four children and forcing them and the others to work as labourers, police said on Friday.</p>.<p>Swami Bhakti Bhushan Govind Maharaj was arrested when he was trying to escape from the ashram, they said.</p>.<p>According to Additional District Magistrate Amit Kumar, a case was registered against the owner and others under IPC sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 377 (unnatural offences), 504 ( intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and sections 5/6 of the POCSO Act.</p>.<p>On July 7, a team of childcare helpline and police rescued eight children then and two later. They were aged between seven to ten years and hailed from Tripura, Mizoram and Assam.</p>.<p>They were also produced before the children welfare board. In a medical examination, four of the children were confirmed to be sexually harassed.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, Subdivisional Magistrate Kuldeep Meena recorded their statement.</p>.<p>The district authorities informed the parents of the victims who alleged sexual harassment by Bhushan and claimed that he forced them to lay bricks as part of manual labour.</p>.<p>Bhushan, who established the ashram in 2008, denied the charges against him, claiming he was falsely implicated in the case.</p>
<p>The owner of an ashram in Shukertal was arrested for allegedly sexually harassing four children and forcing them and the others to work as labourers, police said on Friday.</p>.<p>Swami Bhakti Bhushan Govind Maharaj was arrested when he was trying to escape from the ashram, they said.</p>.<p>According to Additional District Magistrate Amit Kumar, a case was registered against the owner and others under IPC sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 377 (unnatural offences), 504 ( intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and sections 5/6 of the POCSO Act.</p>.<p>On July 7, a team of childcare helpline and police rescued eight children then and two later. They were aged between seven to ten years and hailed from Tripura, Mizoram and Assam.</p>.<p>They were also produced before the children welfare board. In a medical examination, four of the children were confirmed to be sexually harassed.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, Subdivisional Magistrate Kuldeep Meena recorded their statement.</p>.<p>The district authorities informed the parents of the victims who alleged sexual harassment by Bhushan and claimed that he forced them to lay bricks as part of manual labour.</p>.<p>Bhushan, who established the ashram in 2008, denied the charges against him, claiming he was falsely implicated in the case.</p>