On September 3, the Uttar Pradesh police arrested Anas Ansari for issuing a death threat to Bagheshwar Dham’s Chief Priest Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, a police official said. Ansari has shared a post on Instagram featuring himself where he can be seen issuing death threats to Shashtri.
Superintendent of police (rural) Raj Kumar Agarwal said, “We have arrested one Anas Ansari for issuing a death threat to Dhirendra Shastri in a post on the social media platform Instagram.”
After the video went viral on social media, a local Hindu activist registered an FIR (First Information Report) in connection with the threatening message on the social media post at Hafizganj police station. Following the FIR the police apprehended the accused Ansari.
It is pertinent to mention that Shashtri who is known for his outspoken nature and staunch Hindu image is on the hitlist of many anti-Hindu and infringe elements. In the recent past, Shahstri has been involved in the ‘Ghar Waspi’ and anti-missionary campaigns in states across Bharat. Hundreds of tribals who were lured to Christianity returned to Sanatan fold in his event.
This is not the first time that someone has issued a death threat against Shashtri. Earlier, in June, a man named Rajjan Khan reportedly entered Bageshwar Dham temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur with a desi pistol and ammunition.
Khan was found roaming with a gun in the ‘Parikrama Marg’ of the Bageshwar Dham temple. Though it was not clear why he had entered the temple with a gun, it caused panic among the devotees. Subsequently, some alert devotees called the police, and soon the gun-wielding man Khan was arrested.
Before this, in January, a threatening phone call was reportedly made to Lokesh Garg, who is a cousin of Dhirendra Shastri.
As of now the accused has been arrested.
