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File photograph of BSP chief Mayawati addressing a press convention. (PTI)
Mayawati condemned the incident in Gonda the place a priest was shot at by some miscreants and admitted to a hospital on Saturday night in a land dispute.
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Condemning the assault on a priest in Gonda, BSP chief Mayawati took a dig at the UP authorities saying that even the saints are not protected below a ‘saint’s authorities’.
Mayawati condemned the incident in Gonda the place a priest was shot at by some miscreants and admitted to a hospital on Saturday night in a land dispute. The BSP Chief has requested the state authorities to make sure security of the seers and saints.
“Like Rajasthan, a murderous attack on the priest of the temple in Gonda district of UP by land mafia with the intention of occupying the land of the temple is very shameful, even saint is no longer safe in the saint’s government. What could be a worse law and order situation?” she questioned in a tweet.
1. राजस्थान की तरह यूपी के गोण्डा जिले में मन्दिर के पुजारी पर भू-माफियाओं द्वारा मन्दिर की जमीन पर कब्जा करने के इरादे से किया गया जानलेवा हमला अति-शर्मनाक अर्थात् सन्त की सरकार में अब सन्त भी सुरक्षित नहीं। इससे खराब कानून-व्यवस्था की स्थिति और क्या हो सकती है? 1/2
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) October 12, 2020
“The government of UP should take strict legal action against the culprits by taking serious cognizance of all aspects in this matter and the property of all the land mafias related to this incident must be confiscated as well. Security of saints and seers should also be increased,” she added.
The priest, Samrat Das of Ram Janaki temple positioned in the Etiathok Kotwali space, was referred to Lucknow Trauma Center in a vital situation.
“Two people have been arrested and police are searching for two other people involved in the attack. The condition of the priest Samrat Das is out of danger and he is undergoing treatment in Lucknow. All the accused in this case will be nabbed soon. Both the parties involved in this matter were having a dispute over a piece of land,” SP Shailesh Kumar Pandey mentioned.
The miscreants shot Das and instantly fled. Another priest of the identical temple was additionally attacked by miscreants final yr and a probe continues to be going on in the case.
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