ABAP President Mahant Narendra Giri death case: Police file FIR against disciple Anand Giri, taken into police custody

Haridwar (Uttarakhand): Anand Giri, the disciple of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP) President Mahant Narendra Giri has been taken into custody in connection with ABAP President Mahant Narendra Giri death case.

An FIR has also been registered against Anand Giri.

Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP) President Mahant Narendra Giri was found dead under mysterious circumstances at Baghambari Math located residence on Monday.

A suicide note was recovered in which the name of his disciples, Anand Giri and two others were mentioned.

“We are recording statements. The field unit is collecting forensic evidence. The body will be sent for post mortem tomorrow. We will be taking action based on the findings. No arrest has been made as of now,” Prayagraj’s Additional Director General (ADG) Prem Prakash said.

I won’t be able to say anything without investigation. We received a call from ashram that maharaj has hanged himself from a fan. Prima facie, it’s a case of suicide. I appeal all of you to maintain peace: KP Singh, IG Prayagraj on Mahant Narendra Giri death case pic.twitter.com/3KyrdUyIoP

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“Anand Giri has been taken to Uttar Pradesh by the state police as to it was their matter,” Haridwar Sp City Kamlesh Upadhyay said.

Meanwhile, Anand Giri has termed the allegation as ‘conspiracy’.

“It is a big conspiracy by people who used to extort money from Guruji and wrote my name in the letter. It needs to be investigated as guru Ji has not written a letter in his life and could not do suicide. His handwriting needs to be probed,” he said.