At Delhi’s Kalkaji, a temple sewadar gets beaten to death over a quarrel over ‘prasad’

A few people in Delhi’s Kalkaji beat the temple sewadar to death after a quarrel over Prasad.

A tragic incident made the headlines on Saturday, where a 35-year-old temple sewadar at the Kalkaji Temple in Delhi was beaten to death. The incident involved a few people beating the sewadar to death after a quarrel with him for making them wait for ‘prasad.’

Sewadar at Kalkaji Temple was beaten to death.

The police got a call in the control room about the row at the Kalkaji Temple in Delhi at around 9.30 pm on Friday. The police then sprang into action and nabbed one of the accused in the case. The 35-year-old Kalkaji Temple’s sewadar was beaten to death in the incident, after a quarrel with a few people, after they were told to wait for prasad. One sewadar from the temple told news agency ANI, “What I know is, around 9 PM, they took him from the Dharamshala. There were 10-15 people. They had iron rods and sticks, and they beat him to death. They were asking for prasad, and he asked them to wait for a few minutes, after which, they started threatening him… Whenever these people came to the temple, they came with an aggressive attitude and expected us to give them whatever they wanted.”

The accused group of people demanded ‘chunniprasad.’

According to the officials, the argument allegedly ensued after the accused group, who were visiting the temple, demanded ‘chunniprasad’ from the sewadar, identified as Yogendra Singh, a native of Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh, who had worked as a sewadar at the temple for the last decade and a half. Chunniprasad is a combination of a sacred headscarf and a religious offering of food. Soon, the argument turned violent as the group hit the victim with fists and then beat him up with sticks. The CCTV footage showed the victim on the ground while being badly beaten by at least three people with sticks.

The victim was rushed to the AIIMS Trauma Centre, where he succumbed to injuries during treatment, as per Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Southeast Delhi Hemant Tiwari.