RAJKOT: Ten folks had been arrested on Tuesday for allegedly sacrificing a goat inside a temple in Babra taluka of Amreli district on March 22. In response to police, the accused had pledged to sacrifice a goat within the temple if the consuming water downside of their village bought resolved.
Police arrested Lakhman Dabhi, Viha Bharvad, Naran Jinjuvadiya and 7 others below sections 120 B (felony conspiracy), 457 (trespassing), 295 (defiling place of worship) and 429 (Mischief by killing or maiming cattle) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The accused had been additionally charged below the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.
The accused had been arrested primarily based on a criticism registered by the temple administrator Rajesh Jethwa, who lives in Rajkot.
In response to Jethwa, the accused had entered the temple premises on Nilvada highway in Babra on March 22 night time and sacrificed a goat.
After the sacrifice, the accused cleaned the temple premises earlier than leaving. Nonetheless, some folks noticed them within the act and reported the matter to Jethwa.
Later, Jethwa checked the temple CCTV footage which confirmed the accused trespassing into the temple and sacrificing a goat. Following this revelation, Jethwa approached the police together with the CCTV footage and lodged a criticism.