Uttar Pradesh: Merely a few days after the killing of two Sadhus and a driver at Palghar in Maharashtra, two other sadhus were killed in Pagona village in Anoopshahar area of Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahar district on Monday night.
The police have arrested a youth identified as Raju in connection with the case. However, police sources said that the accused was under influence of some intoxicating substance when he was nabbed.
According to police, the youth had altercation with sadhus over stealing their ‘chimta’ (tongs). The priests were attacked with a sharp-edged object and their bodies were found inside the local temple
The deceased have been identified as Jagdish or Rangidas (55) and his disciple Sher Singh (46).
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed senior officials to visit the village and send him a detail report on the incident.
