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A group of people artined in the temple and tried forced entry. When the priest tried to stop them, they hit him.
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A group of people allegedly hit a priest and the strength entered a temple in Dewas by Madhya Pradesh on Friday, PTI reported. According to the reports, the incident occurred when people tried to enter the temple after it closed at night. When the priest did not allow them an entry, they hit him.
According to the Superintendent of the city or the Donsh Agrawal Police, a complaint has been filed based on the complaint filed by the priest of the Kotwali Police Station. In his complaint, the priest claimed that Jitu Raguvanshi, who has previous criminal records, arrived at the temple on Friday night with several other people in eight to ten cars.
They allegedly asked the priest to open the doors and allow them to enter the temple. The priest, however, denied the entrance, which led them to hit him and abuse him.
The officials have filed a complaint and are reviewing the CCTV cameras in the nearby.
The Congress alleges son of BJP mla among the people who shook the priest
Congress claimed that the son of a MLA BJP was also part of the group.
The president of the Congress of the city of Dewas, Boj Rajani, said that a certain BJP MLA should keep an ocular son “who did such an act despite being a sanatani.”
The police have not confirmed anything about it, and has said that an investigation into the case is underway.
Some social networks videos showed some cars with red beacons in the fleet that reached the temple.
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Dewas, India, India