Overview

• Yogendra Singh, 35, a long‑serving sewadaar at Delhi’s Kalkaji Temple, died after a group assaulted him with sticks following a dispute over ‘chunni prasad’ on Friday night.
• A PCR call came around 9:30 pm on 29 August; Singh was taken to AIIMS Trauma Centre, where he succumbed during treatment.
• One suspect, Atul Pandey, 30, was caught by bystanders at the scene, and police later arrested Mohan alias Bhura, 19, and Kuldeep Bidhuri, 20, both from Tughlaqabad.
• An FIR for murder and common intention under BNS Sections 103(1) and 3(5) has been registered at Kalkaji police station, with a search underway for additional suspects.
• Arvind Kejriwal criticized Delhi’s law-and-order situation after the killing, as temple officials and locals called for swift action.