Agra: A physique of a sadhu, who appeared to have been brutally murdered using an axe, was found in a temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra on Wednesday (March 17) morning.
The incident, which occurred in the New Agra space, has created an environment of panic among the many locals. The villagers found the blood-stained physique mendacity in the Hanuman temple premises, constructed in the jungle alongside the Yamuna river.
The police arrived on the scene after the locals reported the incident. SP Rohan P Botre mentioned that the sadhu was killed using an axe. The weapon was recovered from the crime scene.
The physique was despatched for postmortem. The state police have began an investigation in the matter to unravel the mysterious homicide.
According to the locals, the sadhu had been dwelling there for nearly 30 years.
There have been various circumstances of homicide of sadhus in the state and throughout the nation as effectively.
Last yr, two sadhus died below mysterious circumstances and one other one was admitted to a hospital after they allegedly consumed “poisonous tea” at Giriraj Vatika Ashram, run by one of them, in Mathura’s Govardhan space.
Gulab Singh, 60, and Shyam Sundar Das, 61, died whereas Ram Babu, 60, was admitted to the hospital. The deceased sadhus had come to the ashram simply two days in the past.
The postmortem report talked about the trigger of dying as “uncertain”, mentioned police, including that the viscera of the deceased has been preserved whereas the samples from the third sadhu have additionally been collected and can be despatched to a forensic laboratory.
In yet one more incident, three individuals, together with two sadhus had been killed by a rampaging mob armed with an axe and stick in Palghar, Maharashtra final yr. The state police, nonetheless, dominated out any communal angle in the incident.
