Coimbatore pastor absconding after sexually assaulting minors arrested from Munnar
Three special teams formed by Coimbatore city police commissioner A Saravana Sundar fanned out to various parts of the state
Coimbatore pastor John Jebaraj arrested for sexually assaulting two minors (Daily Thanthi)
COIMBATORE: A special team of police arrested John Jebaraj, 37, pastor of Kings Generation Church in Coimbatore, from Munnar in Kerala, for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls. He had been evading arrest for months.
The All Women Police Station, Coimbatore Central, had booked him under Sections 9(1) (m) (aggravated sexual assault) and 10 (punishment for aggravated sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on April 5.
The pastor has been accused of sexually assaulting two girls aged 17 and 14 when they took part in a party at his house in GN Mills on May 21, 2024.
Three special teams formed by Coimbatore city police commissioner A Saravana Sundar fanned out to various parts of the state, as well as to Karnataka and Kerala in search of him. A lookout notice was also issued in airports to prevent the pastor from leaving the country.
A police team led by Race Course inspector R Arjun Kumar picked up Jebaraj from a hideout in Munnar late on Saturday. He was brought to Coimbatore on Sunday and produced before a special court for POCSO cases. Judge R Nandhinidevi remanded him in judicial custody till April 25.
The pastor gained an impressive following through his Christian concerts performed in several countries. He also has a large youth following on social media.
Jebaraj’s arrest comes days after another pastor from Punjab, Bajinder Singh, was sentenced to life imprisonment in a 2018 rape case.
