Haridwar: Under Operation Kalanemi, a war-like campaign is going on against impersonators in Uttarakhand. On Friday, 25 fake babas including a Bangladeshi citizen were caught in Dehradun. Haridwar Police also launched a campaign against impersonators. 13 fake babas were caught in the religious city. Akhada Parishad President Mahant Ravindra Puri welcomed Operation Kalanemi.
Operation Kalanemi going on in full swing: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who is moving ahead without stopping on the hardcore line of Hindutva, launched Operation Kalanemi on Thursday on the day of Guru Purnima in Uttarakhand after taking strict action against land jihad, love jihad, mazar jihad. While 25 fake babas were caught on the first day of Operation Kalanemi in the capital Dehradun on Friday, this arrest campaign also went on in full swing in Haridwar.
Haridwar Police arrested 13 fake babas: On the orders of CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, Haridwar Police has arrested 13 fake babas by running Operation Kalanemi. These people were misleading the common people by disguising themselves as sadhus. Complaints were being received about them for a long time. All of them were caught during the action in the city Kotwali area. SSP Pramod Singh Dobal said that-
We have started Operation Kalanemi. Under this, we have arrested many people who were running their activities in disguise. There will be no compromise with the religious dignity of Haridwar. Before the Kanwar fair, this is a strict message from the police that fraud will not be tolerated at all.
-Pramendra Dobal, SSP-
18 disguised snake charmer babas also arrested: Under Operation ‘Kalanemi’, Haridwar Police has also arrested 18 disguised snake charmer babas from Shyampur police station area. According to the police, these people were harassing the Kanwariyas by stopping them. They were trying to show them the arts of tantra-mantra and witchcraft etc. Due to this, there was a lot of crowd at many places. There was a possibility of the Kanwariyas getting agitated and becoming violent due to the acts of these impersonators. Due to which there was a fear of crime. In view of this, the Shyampur police team arrested 18 impersonator snake charmers from the spot and brought them to the police station. The following people were included in the police team that carried out this operation.
Police team
SHO Nitesh Sharma, Shyampur police station
Sub-inspector Devendra Tomar, in-charge outpost Chandighat
Head constable 192, Anil Kumar
Constable 1522, Anil Rawat
Akhada Parishad welcomed Operation Kalanemi: Shri Mahant Ravindra Puri, President of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, the highest organization of saints and sages, has supported Operation Kalanemi. Describing it as an important drive, he said that this will curb all those who were cheating people in the name of religion during Kanwar, whether they were in saffron attire or in other guises. He welcomed this decision taken by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. Mahant Ravindra Puri said that this drive should be started not only in Uttarakhand but in the whole of India. These people used to activate themselves on religious festivals and also used to corrupt the religion of innocent people. He said that with this drive all these people will be in jail and people’s faith will not be tampered with. Mahant Ravindra Puri narrated his experience: Sharing his experience, Shri Mahant Ravindra Puri told that he himself has felt and seen it. Many people were asking for money from people by wearing saffron and different colored clothes. Neither were they associated with any religious institution. Nor were they from any Akhara. They were taking the help of religion in this way only to earn money and cheat people, which is wrong. This operation will put a stop to all these people and I hope that soon the police will take major action and send all of them to jail.
