Under ‘Operation Kalanemi’ launched during the Kanwar Yatra in Uttarakhand, the police have so far detained or arrested 127 people in Dehradun, Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts, who were duping people in the guise of sadhus or babas.
उत्तराखंडः ‘ऑपरेशन कालनेमि’ के तहत राज्य में 127 साधु बाबा पकड़े गए
There are temples at every step in Uttarakhand. Sadhus, saints and babas are also present outside the temples. Many of them are true sadhus and saints but many are fake too. These fake babas have almost no knowledge but are full of pomp. Now the Uttarakhand Police has launched a special campaign to catch such fake babas. Operation Kalanemi. Under this operation, 25 fake babas have been arrested in Dehradun. All these fake sadhus or babas were cheating the common people.
The police have arrested all these people. Among the 25 fake babas, a Bangladeshi citizen has also been arrested who was cheating people by posing as a baba.
Campaign to catch fake sadhus
The Uttarakhand government has taken a tough stand against the fake babas who are tarnishing the image of Uttarakhand, which is called Devbhoomi. Under this, a campaign has been started in the name of Operation Kalanemi. Under this campaign, whoever is cheating people by becoming fake sadhus or adopting the attire of sadhus.
CM Dhami had told the need to crack down on fake babas
The state government has given instructions to take strict action against those people. A few days ago, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami started Operation Kalanemi to catch such people. In this, all the police officers of all the districts have been instructed to identify and catch the babas who roam on the roadside or in the streets in their district wearing the page of such sadhus and saints.
25 fake babas arrested from Dehradun
While taking action on this campaign, Doon Police has got great success. During the special checking campaign run by the police, 25 such babas have been detained. Who could not present documents related to any kind of organization. At the same time, one of these 25 people has also been found to be a native of Bangladesh.
Dehradun SSP said – Sadhus and saints are being monitored
The police fears that many criminals can also be present among the common people by adopting the guise of sadhus and sanyasis, keeping this in mind, SSP Dehradun Ajay Singh said to continue this campaign further. Dehradun Police has instructed all the police station in-charges to identify such persons in their respective police station areas who, by wearing the garb of sadhus and saints, mislead people, especially women and youth, and commit fraud by subduing them by promising to solve their personal or domestic problems.
Neither education nor document of any temple or monastery
Instructions have been given to catch such people. Due to this, Dehradun Police has arrested 25 such people on Friday. Who neither have any education in astrology nor do they have any document of any monastery or temple by which they can prove that they are truly a sadhu or saint. Such people were arrested. Among these 25 fake babas caught, one is a person from Dhaka, Bangladesh. Apart from this, there are people from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Assam, Uttarakhand.
The arrested fake sadhus could not show any documents.
Dehradun SSP Ajay Singh said that a big operation has been started in Uttarakhand against fake babas. Under which a campaign named Operation Kalanemi has been started. Doon Police has achieved great success while taking action on this campaign. During the special checking campaign run by the police, 25 such babas have been detained who could not present documents related to any kind of organization.
At the same time, one of these 25 people has also been found to be a native of Bangladesh. Police suspects that many criminals can also be present among the common people by adopting the guise of sadhus and sanyasis, keeping this in mind, it has been said to continue this campaign further.
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