Two temple priests hacked to death in Uttar Pradesh; Adityanath takes note of incident
Lucknow: Two priests of a Shiva temple in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh were found murdered on Tuesday morning, police said. The deceased have been identified as Jagdish (55) and Shersingh (45) of Pagauna village, they said.
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath took a serious view of the incident and directed senior officials to take strict action against the culprit and submit a detailed report.
According to the police, a youth of the same village identified as Murari alias Raju had stolen some equipment belonging to the priests two days ago.
The youth, a drug addict, was pulled up for his act, they said. The police said the youth hacked the two priests to death.
The youth moving around with a sword was spotted by the villagers. They caught him about 2 kms from the scene of crime, a police official said.
The youth is a drug addict. He was under the influence of drugs and in a naked state when caught by the villagers, he added.
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Fire erupts at plastic factory in Ahmedabad; no casualties
Ahmedabad (PTI): A fire broke out at a plastic granules and mould manufacturing factory in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Sunday morning, an official said.
No casualties were reported in the incident, he said.
The blaze erupted around 8 am at Processo Plast Enterprise in the Bapunagar area, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's Additional Chief Officer (fire) Mihir Rana told PTI.
Thick plumes of smoke were seen billowing into the sky, visible from a considerable distance in the area.
"The unit closed after the night shift and the fire broke out in the morning in the ground floor's storage facility section due to unidentified reasons," Rana said.
Nine fire tenders and several other firefighting vehicles were rushed to the spot, and the blaze was brought under control by 11 am, he said.
Firefighters prevented the blaze from spreading to the first floor. However, machinery and plastic materials were damaged on the ground floor, he said, adding that the exact cause of the blaze was under investigation.
