BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey, Manoj Tiwari and others have been booked for “forcibly” coming into the inside chamber of the Baba Baidyanath Temple in Deoghar on August 2 and hurting non secular sentiments, Jharkhand Police stated.
A First Info Report (FIR) was registered below a number of sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) following a grievance by temple priest Kartik Nath Thakur for “forcibly coming into the inside shrine between 8.45 pm and 9 pm” through the holy month of ‘Shravan’ because of the heavy influx of devotees.
‘FIR for inflicting obstacles in authorities work’
“An FIR has been lodged at Baba Baidyanath Mandir Police Station towards Nishikant Dubey, Manoj Tiwari, Kanshikanat Dubey, Sheshadri Dubey and others for coming into the inside shrine of the temple, hurting non secular custom and sentiments and inflicting obstacles in authorities work by coming into right into a scuffle with police individuals deployed for safety causes,” an officer stated.
In accordance with the grievance, the “forcible entry” by the MPs and “scuffle” with policemen led to concern and panic amongst hundreds of devotees current and a stampede-like scenario. Thakur stated the FIR was registered on August 7. He additionally claimed that each the MPs entered the inside chamber through the ‘kancha jal puja’ ritual, leading to disruptions through the prayer.
Whereas each the MPs didn’t reply to cellphone calls, Nishikant Dubey took to X and stated: “This case has been registered for worshipping… Thus far 51 circumstances have been registered towards me. Tomorrow, I’ll go straight to the police station from Deoghar airport for my arrest.”
Through the month of ‘Shravan’, hundreds of devotees often called ‘Kanwariyas’ embark on a 105-km pilgrimage from Sultanganj in Bihar to Deoghar, Jharkhand, to supply holy Ganga water on the Baba Baidyanath Dham Temple, one of many 12 ‘Jyotirlingas’.
About 55 lakh ‘Kanwariyas’ have supplied holy water on the temple through the ongoing month-long ‘Shravan Mela’ to this point.
Moreover, about two lakh devotees supplied obeisance by way of ‘Shighra Darshanam’ (quick observe) facility.
The shrine registered an earnings of round ₹7.5 crore between July 11 and August 5, which consists of income from different temple sources.
Not the primary time
On August 31, 2022, an FIR was registered towards 9 individuals, together with each the BJP MPs, for allegedly forcing Air Visitors Management (ATC) officers to offer clearance for his or her chartered flight to take off from Deoghar airport past the scheduled time.
As per the grievance, all of the 9 individuals violated security requirements by coming into the ATC room on the Deogarh airport and “forcibly taking clearance” for the take-off. The FIR had resulted in a spat on social media between Dubey after which Deoghar Deputy Commissioner Manjunath Bhajantri, who has earlier, too, locked horns with him on many events.
The Supreme Court docket in January had confirmed the quashing of the case of prison trespass registered towards the MPs and others for coming into the ATC room at Deoghar airport.
