Sadhus attacked in Sangli! Six accused arrested; more arrests expected
Notably, the matter came to light after a video of the incident started surfacing on the Internet as the Sadhus themselves have not registered any official complaint regarding the incident to the police.
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Mumbai, Sept 15: The Maharashtra Police have arrested six persons accused of assaulting four Sadhus on suspicion of them being child-lifters in Sangli. The four Sadhus were attacks by villagers in Maharashtra's Sangli falsely accusing the four of child lifting based on a video making rounds on social media.
"Yesterday in Lavanga village, some sadhus were assaulted by the villagers. Police reached there and took them to the hospital," said Dixit Gedam, Superintendent of Police, Sangli. He further added that, "Taking suo moto cognizance the police has registered an offence under which six accused persons have been arrested." The SP further assured that a probe into the matter is underway and more accused are likely to be arrested soon.
Notably, the matter came to light after a video of the incident started surfacing on the Internet as the Sadhus themselves have not registered any official complaint regarding the incident to the police. "We have not received any complaint or a formal report, but are looking into the viral videos and are verifying the facts," said Dikshit Gedan, Superintendent of Police, Sangli.
The incident took place while the Sadhus from Uttar Pradesh were going for 'darshan' to Pandharpur in Solapur after returning from a pilgrimage at Karnataka's Bijapur. They were attacked by villagers in Sangli after they asked a child for some help. The villagers mistook them and started thrashing them after a ruckus.The Sadhus belonged to Panch Dashnam Juna Akhada in Mathura, who were on their pilgrimage to various places.