Several Samajwadi Party (SP) youth workers have been booked after they undertook a “purification” exercise of the places visited by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Sambhal district by sprinkling holy water Gangajal. A video of the purification exercise that took place on Wednesday went viral.
A case was lodged later and Samajwadi Party Yuvjan Sabha state president Bhavesh Yadav and 8-10 others were arrested, Superintendent of Police Chakresh Misra said on Thursday.
The chief minister had inaugurated and laid foundations of projects worth Rs 275 crore and addressed a public meeting at Kaila Devi in Sambhal district on Tuesday.
A day later, Yadav and SP Yuvjan Sabha workers undertook the ‘shuddhikaran’ (purification) exercise of the venue of the chief minister’s public meeting and helipad by sprinkling waters from the Ganga river.
Talking to the media during the exercise, Yadav claimed he conducted the purification drive as Adityanath has “insulted” Maa Kaila Devi by not visiting the temple when he was here.
A resident of Sambhal filed a complaint at the Bahjoi police state alleging that Yadav’s action has upset followers of Adityanth who is also a religious leader.
