Four men were arrested for swindling a person of his precious gold ring impersonating priests well-versed in Vedas from a Haridwar akhara with the plea that it was a hindrance to his good fortune.
Telangana Police arrested a fringe element Veera Raghava Reddy, hailing from adjoining Andhra Pradesh, for attacking the chief priest of Balaji Temple at Chilkur near Hyderabad, leading to a huge political fallout as the BRS attacked both the Congress government for poor law and order situation and the BJP for maintaining silence over the attack.
Taking a dig at the AAP government in Delhi over the Rs-18,000 honorarium announced for priests and granthis, Delhi Congress President Devender Yadav questioned the ruling party on the pending wages of imams for which they had to stage protest.
A priest, who allegedly outraged the modesty of a minor girl during the Kali Puja, was arrested by the police yesterday evening.
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Chief Priest Acharya Satyendra Das on Monday said that with the Pran Pratishtha ceremony, Ram Rajya will begin and all the inequalities will be over.
The four arrested persons have been identified as Radhey Shyam, the 55-year-old priest of the crematorium, and Salim, Laxmi Narayan and Kuldeep, said Ingit Pratap Singh, DCP, South West Delhi.
"Multiple people are working for more than eight hours wearing headphones and in front of laptops. This is putting a lot of stress on their ears and unsterilised earbuds or ear-plugs could spread infection."
Police are also investigating whether Sharma and his other accomplices have any past criminal records.
The managing committee of the Ashram’s Siliguri branch has also roped in people from all communities and religions like Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Buddhism, and Jainism.
A temple priest has been shot dead in Bihar’s Rohtas district, police said on Friday. Prawin Das, attached to the Ravidas…
