Pilgrims visit Kushavarta Teerth after circumambulating the Brahmagiri Hills on Monday
The woman staffer filed a complaint with Trimbakeshwar police, following which a non-cognisable offence under the relevant section of the BNS was registered at 1.40pm. Nashik : Two videos allegedly showing security personnel manhandling pilgrims at Trimbakeshwar Temple surfaced on social media, but temple trustees said only one such incident occurred, claiming a pilgrim assaulted a woman staffer around 10am on Wednesday.
“Initially, the man repeatedly pressed security personnel to let him re-enter for over 50 minutes. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Nashik | Silver Rate in Nashik | Bank Holidays in Nashik | Public Holidays in Nashik | Petrol Price in Nashik | Diesel Price in Nashik | CNG Price in Nashik | LPG Price in Nashik Stay updated with the latest Nashik news.
A security staffer with the Trimbakeshwar Temple Trust, a woman, who was visiting the temple with a man, assaulted her after she asked the duo to exit the darshan queue to make way for other devotees, according to the complainant. The woman staffer said she was performing her routine duty of managing the Diwali vacation rush. She said devotees have limited time for darshan and are required to keep moving. When the woman staffer asked her to move out, the fight began,” said police officials. “We regret the incident, but at the same time the pilgrims should understand that there is a window of less than 1 second available to manage the rush of pilgrims through the day to ensure maximum numbers of pilgrims can perform darshan during the 14 hours when the temple remains open,” said Kadlag. We request the pilgrims to cooperate with the system to ensure a safe, peaceful, memorable and pleasant visit to the temple,” he said.
The duo, however, allegedly tried to re-enter the queue. Later, the woman who came along with him also joined him. She started quarrelling with the staffers. Trustee Purushottam Kadlag, who represents the pilgrims, maintained that there was only one instance of alleged manhandling and claimed some people were deliberately maligning the temple and the administration. Join conversation Share your thoughts in the comments Be respectful · TOI community guidelines Kadlag noted that since the previous assault on a Haryana-based pilgrim, security norms had undergone a sea change and staff had been instructed not to react and to remain calm at all costs. “Here too, the same thing happened and the woman pilgrim attacked the staffer. Download the TOI App.