Two priests killed in UP’s Bulandshahr

Two monks of a Shiva temple in Bulandshahr’s Pagauna village have been discovered murdered on Tuesday morning.

Hours later, the police stated it had arrested a youth in reference to the case.

“We have arrested Murari aka Raju, a Dalit man, on charges of killing two priests. The accused is a habitual drug (bhang) addict. He has confessed to his crime and described the killing as “Bhagwan ki Ichchha” (want of God),” stated Atul Kumar Chaube, circle officer of Anoopshahar police space. “The accused had no enmity with the sadhus but a few villagers claimed he had an altercation with them over a chimta (tongs) which was stolen a day before.”

The our bodies of Jagdish aka Rangidas, 55, and his disciple Sher Singh, 46, have been despatched for the postmortem. “A wooden staff was used in the killing and no cut wounds were found on bodies. The accused has confessed that he used a wooden staff to kill the sadhus,” stated Bulandshahr district Justice of the Peace Ravindra Kumar. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has sought an in depth report from senior officers .

Village head Dinesh Kumar stated the police’s model is unreliable because the our bodies bore reduce wounds, which appeared to have been inflicted by some sharp-edged weapon. Local Vishwa Hindu Parishad leaders additionally didn’t discover the police claims convincing. “Can a drug addict kill two middle-aged sadhus using a wooden staff?” requested VHP chief Rajkumar Dunger whereas accusing the police of diverting the problem by dragging a Dalit into it.

The incident comes greater than per week after two sadhus and their driver have been lynched by a mob outdoors Gadhchinchale village, 110 kilometre from Palghar in Maharashtra. They have been attacked on the suspicion of being child-lifters.

The opposition leaders attacked the ruling BJP over the incident. Congress common secretary accountable for UP, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav stated the case mustn’t politicised. Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray spoke to Yogi, expressing his concern.