Mahant Narendra Giri's death: Culprit will not be spared, says CM Yogi Adityanath

A day after All India Akhara Parishad president Mahant Narendra Giri was found dead, allegedly by ‘suicide’ Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that culprits behind the death of the top seer would not be spared.

Several pieces of evidence have been collected regarding the incident and the post-mortem will be done tomorrow, Adityanath said.

The seer, who was found hanging from the ceiling by his disciples had left behind a suicide note of seven-eight pages stating that he was mentally disturbed and was ending his life. The seer had written he was upset with one of his disciples, the police said.

A senior police official said in Prayagraj that the Mahant had accused three disciples of his of ‘harassing’ him. ”I have lived my life with dignity but now I am being harassed and forced to life of humiliation,” he reportedly wrote in the alleged suicide note.

Meanwhile, three disciples of Giri were booked on charges of abetment of suicide and were taken into custody by the police.