A muslim man on 3rd of April forcefully tried to enter into the premises of Gorakhnath Mandir by shouting Allah hu Akbar. The name of the person is Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi. The muslim man was equipped with a sharp edged weapon. In an attempt to enter the premises of Gorakhnath Mandir, Two jawans deployed in the security of the temple were attacked by this muslim youth with his sharp weapon while raising Islamist slogan “Allah hu akbar”, after which both were injured. After the attack, the temple staff and other people and other policemen deployed in security ran to the accused and caught him. Both the injured jawans have been admitted to Gorakhnath Hospital. At the same time, the police is interrogating the arrested accused.

It must be noted that Gorakhnath Mandir is located in Gorakhpur which is the constituency of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and also Yogi Adityanath is the head priest (Mahant) of Gorakhnath Temple and has his personal accommodation on the temple premises. At the time of the attack, CM Yogi was not at the temple.

During checking, Govind Gaur and Anil Paswan, PAC jawans of 20 battalion posted in security at the gate, stopped him in the name of checking. After this, while raising slogans, the youth took out a sharp weapon from his possession and attacked the soldiers with his sharp weapon. After attacking the accused started running, but other policemen caught him.

 

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