Animal carcass on temple premises, 2 held

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Animal carcass on temple premises, 2 held

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Muzaffarnagar: Two men and their wives were booked for defiling a place of worship with intent to insult the religion after they placed animal parts on its premises. Police immediately got it removed and investigations revealed that two brothers, Rajesh and Rakesh Kumar, had thrown the carcass while fulfilling a tantric procedure. The incident occurred in Jola village in Muzaffarnagar that happens to be the native village of senior BKU leader Ghulam Mohammad Jola who had parted ways with Tikaits after the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots and joined hands with them in a show of amity between the two communities. DSP GS Tripathi said the two brothers have been arrested and a probe is on.

Publisher

The Times of India

Date

2021-09-08

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Meerut