Some residents of Delhi have filed a complaint against the demolition of a Sai Baba idol at a temple in Shahpur Jat locality of the city. ...
Some residents of Delhi have filed a complaint against the demolition of a Sai Baba idol at a temple in Shahpur Jat locality of the city.
The police were yet to register a first information report, but said they were investigating the case. “A few Sai Baba devotees from across the city filed a complaint stating that their sentiments have been hurt by the removal,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Atul Kumar told The Indian Express. “We are looking into the matter.”
As reported by Scroll.in, the idol was removed from the Purana Shiv Mandir in Shahpur Jat on March 25, after a religious leader from Ghaziabad claimed that Sai Baba, a spiritual leader revered by Hindus, was a Muslim. A new idol of Hindu god Ganesh was installed in its place.
A series of videos showing the demolition of the idol surfaced on social media last week. In the videos recorded inside a temple, a middle-aged man dressed in a pale-blue shirt could be seen overseeing the demolition.
In another video, the same man, in a white shirt and saffron stole, is seen seated next to Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati, the Hindu priest from Ghaziabad. Saraswati congratulates and blesses him for “breaking and throwing away” the idol of “pakhandi Sai” – fraudster Sai. “If I...
