In Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district, a relative of a youth wrote ‘Jai Bholenath’ on his forehead with a knife. When the young man reached home, his family members were surprised to see him. He reached the relative’s house with the young man and started creating ruckus. After some time people blocked the road. On getting the information, the police reached and pacified the people by persuading them and took the accused youth into custody. The police is interrogating the accused youth.
Actually, the matter is of Prem Nagar police station area. A woman resident of a village in the police station area lives at her relative’s place. She does all the work in her relative’s house. The woman’s son Shadab is mentally retarded and remains ill. The woman alleges that one of her relatives is working in the Electricity Department. The relative himself wrote ‘Jai Bholenath’ on the forehead of his son Shadab with a knife.
The woman told that when the son reached home, his face was covered in blood. There were cut marks on the forehead and Jai Bholenath was written. When asked the son, he told that a relative had written. On this she went to the relative’s house along with some women from the neighborhood and asked why they did this? On this the relative chased him away from the house.
Police detained the accused youth
At present, the police have taken the accused youth into custody and are interrogating him. Along with this, the retarded youth has been admitted to Bareilly District Hospital, where he is undergoing treatment. The people of the area say that religious sentiments have been hurt by such an act. There was a possibility of creating ruckus by doing this, but the police resolved the matter in time. Strict action should be taken against the accused youth.
Police station in-charge gave information
Giving information about the whole matter, Prem Nagar police station in-charge Rajesh Kumar Singh said that it is a matter between two relatives of the same community. The relative had written Jai Bholenath on the forehead of the mentally ill youth. The family members opposed this. On the basis of the complaint, the accused youth has been taken into custody and he is being interrogated.
