Eknath Shinde's son enters Ujjain temple's sanctum: Official sacked amid controversy
Mumbai: Following a controversy over the entry of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s son, Shrikant Shinde, into the sanctum sanctorum of the Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, the temple management has dismissed an official.
Shrikant Shinde, a Lok Sabha MP from Kalyan and son of CM Eknath Shinde, allegedly violated rules by gaining entry into the temple's sanctum on Thursday evening. The opposition Congress has strongly criticised the BJP-led Madhya Pradesh government over the incident.
Ganesh Dhakad, the temple administrator, responded by stating that Vinod Choukse, who was in charge of the temple’s darshan arrangements, was dismissed for negligence of duty. Show-cause notices were also issued to three security personnel, and strict instructions were given to prevent such incidents in the future.
Congress MLA Mahesh Parmar criticised the preferential treatment for VIPs, claiming that while devotees must wait in long queues for hours to visit Mahakaleshwar, VIPs are granted access to the sanctum despite the restrictions.
Ujjain District Collector Neeraj Kumar Singh addressed the matter, confirming that no one is permitted entry into the sanctum and that the incident was unauthorised. He directed the temple administration to take immediate actio
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Four booked for tying 18-year-old to tree, beating him up in UP's Pratapgarh
Pratapgarh (UP) (PTI): Four people were booked here for the abduction and assault of a man who they allegedly tied to a tree and beat up, police said on Wednesday.
The incident, a video of which has gone viral, took place on Tuesday afternoon under the Kunda police station limits.
The FIR was registered on Wednesday evening based on a complaint from the victim's father.
According to Keshav Prasad Yadav, a resident of Mauli village, some people called his 18-year-old son Nikhil Yadav on the phone and asked him to come out of his house around 2.30 pm on Tuesday.
As he reached outside the village as instructed, the accused allegedly forced him into a car and took him towards the Tinpedwa forest area, where they tied him to a tree and assaulted, the complainant said.
The attackers also recorded a video of the incident and circulated it on social media. The purported video shows the men thrashing Nikhil one after another, while one of them is assumed to have recorded the act.
Kunda Station House Officer Manoj Pandey confirmed the incident and said efforts are underway to identify and arrest all the accused.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has shared the video on social media, describing the incident as reflective of a "dominant mindset" against the PDA (Pichda or Backward, Dalit, and Alpasankhyak or Minority), and demanded strict action against the accused.
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