Via PTI
SANGLI: An afternoon after 4 sadhus have been thrashed by way of a mob on suspicion of being kid lifters in Maharashtra’s Sangli district, police on Wednesday registered a case and arrested seven individuals.
The sufferers of the incident had now not registered any police criticism over the incident which came about close to Lawanga village in Jat tehsil on Tuesday.
A video appearing a mob assaulting the 4 sadhus or non secular ascetics, belonging to an ‘akhada’ (non secular order) in Uttar Pradesh, had long past viral on social media.
“The sadhus didn’t document any criticism. However we took cognisance on our personal and registered a case in opposition to 20 individuals. Seven of them have been known and arrested,” stated assistant police inspector Pankaj Pawar of Umadi police station.
The sufferers have been touring to the temple the city of Pandharpur in a car when the incident came about.
“They’d misplaced their manner, in order that they requested a boy for instructions close to Lawanga village. The boy, who didn’t know any language instead of Kannada, were given scared by way of their look and began shouting ‘thief-thief’,” the police professional stated.
This led some locals to suspect that they have been a part of legal gangs which abduct youngsters.
“Other folks from the village amassed there. There was once an issue. It escalated temporarily and the sadhus have been allegedly overwhelmed up with sticks by way of some villagers,” API Pawar stated.
A police staff reached the spot and located that the sufferers have been certainly individuals of an ‘akhada’ in Uttar Pradesh.
“The sadhus didn’t pursue the topic and left where. We registered a case of attack and rioting at the foundation of the video,” Pawar stated.
Dikshit Gedam, Sangli Superintendent of Police, stated the police later were given in contact with the sadhus who have been in just right well being and proceeding their adventure.
SANGLI: An afternoon after 4 sadhus have been thrashed by way of a mob on suspicion of being kid lifters in Maharashtra’s Sangli district, police on Wednesday registered a case and arrested seven individuals.
The sufferers of the incident had now not registered any police criticism over the incident which came about close to Lawanga village in Jat tehsil on Tuesday.
A video appearing a mob assaulting the 4 sadhus or non secular ascetics, belonging to an ‘akhada’ (non secular order) in Uttar Pradesh, had long past viral on social media.
“The sadhus didn’t document any criticism. However we took cognisance on our personal and registered a case in opposition to 20 individuals. Seven of them have been known and arrested,” stated assistant police inspector Pankaj Pawar of Umadi police station.
The sufferers have been touring to the temple the city of Pandharpur in a car when the incident came about.
“They’d misplaced their manner, in order that they requested a boy for instructions close to Lawanga village. The boy, who didn’t know any language instead of Kannada, were given scared by way of their look and began shouting ‘thief-thief’,” the police professional stated.
This led some locals to suspect that they have been a part of legal gangs which abduct youngsters.
“Other folks from the village amassed there. There was once an issue. It escalated temporarily and the sadhus have been allegedly overwhelmed up with sticks by way of some villagers,” API Pawar stated.
A police staff reached the spot and located that the sufferers have been certainly individuals of an ‘akhada’ in Uttar Pradesh.
“The sadhus didn’t pursue the topic and left where. We registered a case of attack and rioting at the foundation of the video,” Pawar stated.
Dikshit Gedam, Sangli Superintendent of Police, stated the police later were given in contact with the sadhus who have been in just right well being and proceeding their adventure.