The workers under the influence of alcohol attacked the sadhus : Mahant Balakdas Prayagraj

Prayagraj – It is alleged that on the midnight of 15th January at sector 20 Sadhus beat up 2 contractors and more than 15 people. The allegation is that the Sadhus grabbed the sticks held by the policemen to thrash the 2 contractors and their people. The Mela officers visited the site of the commotion. The contractors have filed a complaint against the Sadhus in the Zhusi Police Station.

This incident happened after the electricity outage in the store of the Electric department. 8 Sadhus came in car and motorcycles from Kashi Mandir Seva AnashketraSamiti’s camp. They asked Munshi Divyanshu Shukla the reason for the electricity outage. Divyanshu told them that 18000 volts line has tripped, and it would be restored soon. But the Sadhus pushed him. And when Munshi Shubham Mishra and Raman Tiwari came to save him, they were beaten up. On getting this information,Contractor Ashish and his brother Gulab Dwivedi came to site of the incident where they were thrashed by 25 -30 Sadhus from another camp. The police men were totally in the role of spectators. Hence 8 individuals including the contractors were seriously injured. Contractor Ashish Dwivedi has warned that if no action is taken against the Sadhus they would go on strike.

The electricity department workers under the influence of alcohol attacked the sadhus –Mahant Balakdas

Mahant Balakdas says that the Sadhus went to the store of the electricity department after the outage of electricity. There the Contractor and Munshi were under the influence of alcohol. They attacked the Sadhus and saints. Many Sadhus were injured in this attack. A complaint will be filed about this. The Sadhus have not attacked anyone.