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Uttar Pradesh Police has constituted an 18-member SIT to probe the death of Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad president Mahant Narendra Giri and detained a disciple of the seer in Haridwar.
Meanwhile, chief minister Yogi Adityanath said all aspects related to the death are being investigated and the guilty will not be spared.
Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya too said his government is ready for every kind investigation into the matter.
Samajwadi Party leader and former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has demanded a judicial probe by a sitting high court judge in his tweet.
अखाड़ा परिषद के अध्यक्ष, धर्म कर्म, अध्यात्म के प्रति जीवन समर्पित करने वाले महान संत नरेंद्र गिरी जी का संदिग्ध परिस्थितियों में निधन, ह्रदय विदारक।
हाई कोर्ट के सिटिंग जजों की निगरानी में पूरे घटनाक्रम की जांच करा सत्य सामने लाए सरकार। pic.twitter.com/MLPSap7Ly3
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) September 21, 2021
A plea seeking a CBI probe into the death was also sent to the chief justice of the Allahabad High Court.
The seer, who was the president of the largest organisation of sadhus in India, was found hanging by his disciples at Baghambari Muth in Allahabad on Monday.
A purported suicide note was also found, in which the seer had written that he was mentally disturbed and upset with one of his disciples, police had said.
According to a release, the 18-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by Allahabad SSP will include two circle officers.
Meanwhile, ADG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar in Lucknow said the state police detained the seer’s disciple Anand Giri on Monday night in Haridwar.
Anand Giri was detained after a case for abetting suicide was lodged against him, Kumar said. The ADG said in the suicide note, names of three people were mentioned and on the basis of the FIR, Anand Giri was detained.
