SIT to probe not only the latest incident but also a similar one last year at Trimbakeshwar Temple
On Tuesday the Maharashtra government ordered registering an FIR into an incident of certain people unauthorizedly gathering outside the Trimbakeshwar Temple, one of the Jyotirlingas.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) will probe the subsequent riots that occurred in Trimbakeshwar, Nashik.
Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the Home portfolio, has ordered ‘strict action‘ in the matter, directing the formation of the SIT headed by an officer of the rank of Additional DGP to probe the incident.
Fadnavis said that the SIT will probe not only the latest incident but also a similar one last year in which some mob had allegedly barged inside the Trimbakeshwar Temple through the main gate.
On May 13, tension gripped Nashik when a mob of people allegedly gathered outside the Trimbakeshwar Temple and then attempted to forcibly enter the premises.
This resulted in huge tension culminating in violent clashes even as the temple authorities summoned the police to control the situation and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde directed suitable action in the matter.
As the town returned to an uneasy calm on Tuesday, at least three dozen miscreants from both sides have been detained, while the local police organized reconciliation meetings between the two groups to hammer out a solution.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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