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Kalkaji Temple Sewadaar Killed in Prasad Dispute as Police Make Five Arrests

Police are probing the group assault using CCTV evidence under BNS murder provisions with searches continuing for any remaining attackers.

Overview

  • The victim, Yogendra Singh, 35, a long-serving volunteer at the southeast Delhi shrine, was attacked after a dispute over chunni prasad.
  • A PCR call was received around 9:30 pm on August 29, and Singh died during treatment at AIIMS Trauma Centre.
  • An FIR citing BNS Sections 103(1) (murder) and 3(5) (common intention) was registered at the Kalkaji police station.
  • Locals apprehended Atul Pandey, 30, at the scene; police later arrested Mohan alias Bhura, 19, Kuldeep Bidhuri, 20, Nitin Pandey, 26, and Anil Kumar, 55, who is accused of harbouring an offender.
  • CCTV and eyewitness accounts show multiple assailants using sticks and rods in the attack, and investigators are working to identify any other participants.