Mahant calls upon people to take up arms, says he too will buy bulldozer

A video has gone viral on social media in which a Mahant is seen allegedly instigating a mob to adopt the path of violence. In the video, the Mahant is heard saying that for how long will the government run the bulldozer, Hindus should take up arms.

This video is said to be shot at village Cheel Pahadi under Banda Tehsil of Sagar district. The saint who instigated the mob has been identified as Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, the priest of the famous Bageshwar Dham in

Chhatarpur.

Dhirendra Maharaj says, “If you do not wake up now, then you will have to suffer in your own village. Therefore everyone unite and run bulldozers over houses of stone throwers. In some days, we are also going to buy a bulldozer and run it over houses of stone-pelters. After all, till how long will the government run the bulldozer?”

Now there is a demand for an FIR against Mahant Dhirendra. Social activist Upendra Yadav has sent a complaint to the DGP demanding FIR against the Mahant.

Yadav in his complaint said that

Dhirendra's statement is critical for the unity and integrity of the country and it comes under the category of sedition. People may get agitated and there may be incidents of communal frenzy, the accused wants to spread instability

in the country which will adversely affect the mutual harmony between the two communities and create an atmosphere of enmity and hatred in the society, read his complaint.

Yadav's lawyer Deepak Bundele said if police do not take immediate action against Dhirendra, then they will move court and seek action against him.