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Tiff outside temple, 200 people booked

Last Updated 20 April 2016, 19:48 IST

A group of women were manhandled by another group when the former tried to reach the sanctum sanctorum of the Trimbakeshwar temple of Lord Shiva.

The Trimbakeshwar temple is one of the jotirlingas in the Nashik district. The tiff apparently arose because of the dress code.

The Trimbakeshwar Devasthan Trust had decided last week to allow women into the Lord Shiva temple’s sanctum sanctorum for an hour every day, but on the condition that they wear wet cotton or silk clothes, while offering prayers in the core area.

 Activists of the Pune-based Swarajya Mahila Sanghatana, headed by Vanita Gutte, had assembled in the morning and then they were asked to come after bathing and in cotton clothes. When they returned they were told that the timing to go to the sanctum sanctorum was over.

After the tiff the group was manhandled.  
Nearly 200 people were booked under IPC sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 341 (wrongful restraint), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention).

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(Published 20 April 2016, 19:48 IST)

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