“Maharashtra: Buldhana Police File FIR Against Man Who Performed Pooja On Samruddhi Expressway; VHP Demands Retraction Of Case”, Free Press Journal, July 27, 2023:
“Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has condemned the decision of the Buldhana police to book Nilesh Adhav of the Sri Swami Samarth Parivar for performing a pooja on the Samruddhi Marg to ensure that accidents do not take place on the super highway in future. Adhav had recently performed ‘Maha Mrutunjay havan’ and also prayed for the peace of the souls of the 24 persons who had died in an accident in Sindkhedraja taluka on the highway when their bus got burnt in an accident on July 1.
The complaint was filed by Hamid Dabholkar of the Andha Shraddha Nirmulan Samiti under the Anti-Black Magic Act. Dabholkar told the FPJ on Wednesday that he came across a video in which the organisers claimed that they have buried a ‘yantra’ at a spot on the expressway after chanting Maha Mruntunjay verses because of which no accidents would take place within 10km from the spot where the burial had taken place.
“Further, they claimed that even if accidents occurred on the expressway in future no one would die,” he added. Dabholkar said since it is a crime to make such claims he filed a complaint…..”
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