Ex-Haryana Minister, other BJP leaders held captive in Rohtak temple, released

Sunit Dhawan

Tribune News Service

Rohtak, November 5

Former Haryana Minister of State for Cooperatives Manish Grover and several other BJP leaders who were held hostage by villagers at Shiv Temple in Kiloi village of Rohtak district since this afternoon have been released.

”Yes, the leaders have been released after the matter was resolved amicably by holding talks with the villagers,” Rohtak Deputy Commissioner Capt Manoj Kumar told The Tribune.

The BJP leaders had gone to the temple to watch the live telecast of the Prime Minister’s programme from the Kedarnath shrine.

On getting to know about Grover’s visit, a number of villagers assembled at the temple and blocked the main entrance while the former minister and other leaders of the ruling party were inside.

Rohtak Deputy Commissioner, besides the local SP and SDM, rushed to the spot on getting to know about the matter.

Shortly, the SPs of several other adjoining districts were also called to the spot.

A tense situation prevailed at the village for hours with hundreds of villagers gathering at the temple.

Senior administrative and police officers held talks with the villagers to get the BJP leaders released and eventually got the matter resolved.