04/08/2023
She said in a recorded statement that the assaults began when she was a first-grader attending lessons on religious hymns at the temple on Fridays.
The alleged victim said Singh would touch her breasts and put his hands under her shirt, according to the affidavit.
Singh also allegedly put his hands into her pants. The alleged victims said her clothes were always on and that Singh would put his hands under her clothes, according to the affidavit.
The girl disclosed the alleged assaults to a school staff member in January 2014, when she was 12 years old and in seventh grade, according to the affidavit. She provided a recorded statement to Delaware County Criminal Investigation Division Detective Mark Bucci at that time claiming Singh would “touch her b***s and her butt” under her clothes, the affidavit says.
That investigation was never completed because her family reached an agreement with the temple and Singh that he would have no further contact with the girl, and they would not to go through with criminal charges, according to the affidavit.
The alleged victim is now an adult and is “seeking justice for her assaults,” the affidavit says.
The affidavit mentions that another juvenile female victim had disclosed in 2014 that Singh would touch her neck, legs and torso, but does not say what, if anything, became of that investigation.
Singh was preliminarily arraigned this week before Magisterial District Judge Andrew Goldberg, who set bail at 10% of $100,000. Court records indicate Singh posted $10,000 bail the same day.
He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing before Goldberg on April 20.