Sadhu, 38, discovered murdered on premises of Ayodhya’s well-known Hanumangarhi temple

AYODHYA: A 38-year-old sadhu was allegedly murdered by two of his disciples on the premises of Ayodhya’s well-known Hanumangarhi temple, police stated on Thursday.
The ascetic recognized as Ram Sahare Das was stabbed to dying within the temple premises on the intervening night time of Wednesday & Thursday. His blood-soaked physique was discovered within the temple room the place he had been staying on Thursday morning.
A criticism was filed by Hanumangarhi temple’s Mahant Ram Charan Das naming the deceased’s two disciples for the homicide.
Two named accused confess to crime
Ayodhya senior superintendent of police Raj Karan Nayyar stated that the 2 named accused, Ankit Kumar (22) and a 16-year-old minor, have been taken into custody and so they have confessed to the crime. “Now we have recovered the knife used for the homicide of the sadhu. The duo claimed that they killed him for cash,” stated Nayyar.
The SSP added that they’d nonetheless be probing the case from all different angles. He stated that Ankit was additionally aspiring for succession as he was subsequent within the line to the deceased Baba.
Police have recovered Rs 70,000 from the posses sion of the minor.
In the meantime, Hanumangarhi temple’s Mahant Raju Das stated the deceased sadhu had been residing within the temple premises since 1991.
“He was a mahant of an ashram in Hanumangarhi, the place he used to impart non secular training to about ten college students,” Das stated.