Another sadhu found dead;3 in a fortnight in west UP
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Another sadhu found dead;3 in a fortnight in west UP
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Meerut: Days after two sadhus were found dead under mysterious circumstances in Meerut and Baghpat districts, the body of “another sadhu” — the third one — was found floating in the Yamuna in Baghpat’s Nevada village on Saturday. Police fished out the body and sent it for postmortem. Police said they were, meanwhile, trying to establish the identity of the deceased, who appeared to be in his middle adulthood and had saffron attire when fished out. The post-mortem report would ascertain the reason for his death, said police. On September 24, the body of an ascetic was fished out of a pond in Tikri area of the district. Police also fished out the body of another sadhu from the Upper Ganga canal in Sardhana region of Meerut. The bodies remained unidentified. Meanwhile, targeting the Yogi government for these mysterious deaths, UP Congress on Saturday tweeted, “Body of a sadhu found from Yamuna river. Three such bodies have been found in the last one month. Atrocities on sadhus are not ending in UP, jungle raj is at its worst.”
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2020-10-11
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Meerut