In Bucharest, a 68-year-old man was detained for 24 hours after the father of a 14-year-old girl accused him of sexually abusing the minor during a meditation session.

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“On February 15, 2024, the police officers of the Bucharest Municipality Police Headquarters – Criminal Investigation Sector 4, under the supervision of a prosecutor specializing in the investigation of sexual violence committed against minors, from the Prosecutor’s Office of Doluch. to District Court 4, started the execution of two search warrants and an arrest warrant, in the municipality of Bucharest, in a criminal case of sexual violence against a minor,” the capital’s police announced, according to News.ro.

On January 31, 2024, the girl’s father informed the police of the 16th division that his minor daughter, aged 14, was the victim of a crime of sexual violence, suspected of having committed the act while being her meditator.

“The case was taken up by the police officers of the 4th sector of the criminal investigation, based on the results of the investigative actions, it was established that on January 31, 2024, they were at the address of the 4th sector, where carrying out with a minor 68-year-old man instruction on the subject of moral coercion, which consisted in the fact that he created a state of fear in the victim, related to the quality he has, would commit a sexual assault on him,” the police statement said.

According to the law enforcement officers, in order to prove the criminal activity of the suspect, on February 15, 2024, two house searches were conducted, several interesting things were discovered and seized. The arrest warrant for the suspect, who was searched and brought to court, was also implemented.

On the basis of the provided evidence, the person in question was detained for 24 hours in order to present the court proposal to the judges.

“The criminal investigation service – sector 4 under the leadership of the prosecutor, who specializes in the investigation of facts of sexual violence committed against minors, of the prosecutor’s office of the 4th district court, is conducting an investigation on the grounds of committing a crime of a sexual nature. assault on a minor. The action was implemented with the support of the Department of Special Operations of the General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police,” said the Metropolitan Police.