Four booked for offering ‘namaz’ in UP temple

Mathura, November 2

The police on Monday booked four persons after a video clip showing them offering “namaz” on the premises of a temple here surfaced on social media. Mathura SP (Rural) Shrish Chandra said one of the accused — Faizal Khan — was nabbed in Delhi and being interrogated.

The other three had been identified as Chand Mohammad, Alok Ratan and Neelesh Gupta. According to the FIR, the accused reportedly belonged to a Delhi-based organisation, Khudai Khidmatgar, and came to Mathura’s Nand Baba temple on Thursday, where they first offered prayers.

Kanha Goswami, a temple priest, said he was impressed as Faizal Khan chanted a few lines of the Ramcharitmanas and showed his photographs with noted seers.

Later, Faizal and Chand Mohammad offered “namaz” at a secluded place on the temple premises without permission, he said. It is also suspected in the FIR that the accused might have made the video of the incident that has gone viral on social media. — PTI