The NRI Coastal police booked the son of arrested pastor Rajkumar Yesudasan for allegedly making a video of the lock-up and police station premises without permission. The police seized the mobile phone and issued a notice to his son.
Rabin Rajkumar had brought food for Yesudasan at the police station and started recording the lock-up, said police. According to police, around 10.20 pm, Rabin came near the lockup on the pretext of giving food and started approaching the accused Yesudasan in the lockup. Police personnel found his behaviour suspicious. “We checked him and found that he was recording a video of the lock-up,” said Ravindra Patil, senior police inspector from NRI Coastal police station.
Later, the police checked the complete video recorded on Rabin's cell phone and found that he had also recorded other areas of the police station. “We have seized his mobile phone for further investigation and a case has been registered against him,” said Patil. Rabin was booked under section 3 of the Official Secret Act, 1923, for approaching a prohibited area and section 120 of the Maharashtra Police Act.
Pastor Rajkumar Yesudasan of a Seawoods church was arrested in the second week of August following complaints registered by the Thane District Women and Child Welfare Department. Yesudasan was allegedly involved in sexually abusing minor girls who had been given shelter at the Seawoods church. So far, four cases have been registered against Yesudasan for IPC sections pertaining to molestation and under sections of the POCSO Act.
