BENGALURU, Feb. 27 -- A self-styled seer in Yadgir district has been booked under the Pocso Act after a video purportedly showing him inappropriately touching a seven-year-old girl at his shrine was circulated widely on social media, drawing public outrage, police said on Thursday.

"Notice has been issued to him. We will carry on with the investigation. The parents and the girl have recorded their statements; they did not find anything wrong in his touch, and they themselves recorded the video. However, the footage shows the child appearing uncomfortable. After counselling, the Child Welfare Committee recommended the registration of an FIR," the Yadgir superintendent of police, Pruthvik Shankar said.

The accused, Mallikarjuna Muthya, 26...