Video of self-styled ‘Aghori’ eating flesh from burning pyre goes viral, held | Indore News

Video of self-styled 'Aghori' eating flesh from burning pyre goes viral, held
Police arrested a self-styled Aghori for allegedly trespassing at a cremation ground

UJJAIN: Police arrested a self-styled ‘Aghori’ on Tuesday for allegedly trespassing at a cremation ground and disturbing funeral rites after a video purportedly showing the accused consuming human flesh from a burning pyre went viral on social media.The accused, Kali alias Nand Giri, who claims to be a Mahamandaleshwar of the Kinnar Akhara, was arrested following a complaint by the Senapati Kaal Bhairav Committee at Jeevajiganj police station.Police said the video, allegedly filmed at the Chakratirth cremation ground under the Ujjain Municipal Corporation limits, surfaced on Instagram and was widely shared on Monday. In the purported footage, the accused is seen standing near a burning pyre with a sword and allegedly eating flesh from it.Station in-charge Prateek Sharma said the video came to the notice of police after it went viral. Investigators alleged that Kali alias Nand Giri had filmed the incident and uploaded it on her social media account.Police registered a case under Section 301 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, relating to trespass on burial places and offering indignity to human remains, and Section 25 of the Arms Act.City Superintendent of Police Pushpa Prajapati said the accused was produced before a first-class judicial magistrate after her arrest.Mahamandaleshwar Shaileshanand Giri of the Juna Akhara condemned the incident, saying such acts could not be tolerated in a civilised society.

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