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Two held for temple firing
THE CITY police arrested two persons on Thursday morning in connection with an incident of firing at Batuk Bhairav temple on Sunday night. The arrested persons were identified as Shubhankar Chakravarti, a tantrik, and Gaurav Gupta. The Bhelupur police received a tip-off that Chakravarti and Gupta, who fled to Kanpur soon after the temple firing, had returned to the city. The police also learnt that the duo was planning to take shelter in a university hostel. The Bhelupur police team laid a trap at the Rathyatra crossing and arrested Chakravarti and Gupta.
THE CITY police arrested two persons on Thursday morning in connection with an incident of firing at Batuk Bhairav temple on Sunday night. The arrested persons were identified as Shubhankar Chakravarti, a tantrik, and Gaurav Gupta.
The Bhelupur police received a tip-off that Chakravarti and Gupta, who fled to Kanpur soon after the temple firing, had returned to the city.
The police also learnt that the duo was planning to take shelter in a university hostel.
The Bhelupur police team laid a trap at the Rathyatra crossing and arrested Chakravarti and Gupta.
The police produced both of them in court.
Additional chief judicial magistrate-II Rajendra Ram remanded both the accused in judicial custody till August 14.
Another accused Himanshu Singh is absconding.
On Sunday night, a former Banaras Hindu University student leader fired in the air on the Batuk Bhairav temple premises in Kamachha late on Sunday night. No one was injured in the incident.
Reports said three youths, including the tantrik, entered into the temple and began performing a ritual when the priest was closing the shrine soon after ‘Shaya Aarti’ around midnight.
The priest objected and asked them to leave the premises. At this, a disciple of the tantrik fired in the air. There was commotion at the temple and some devotees fled.
The incident caused resentment amongst social and political activists. Devotees could not perform puja in the morning as the priest and others staged a dharna.
