Overview

• The 52-year-old was discovered hanging from a ceiling fan inside a temple at Laljipada Ganesh Nagar in Kandivali, according to police.
• A 19-year-old woman and her father had alleged the priest phoned at about 10:30 pm on Friday to seek sexual favours.
• They visited Kandivali police station around 2 am to complain and were told to return in the morning for paperwork.
• The family began looking for the priest but he could not be located before authorities later found his body in the temple.
• An accidental death report has been registered and a probe is underway, with details provided by a police official to PTI.