Uttar Pradesh govt recommends CBI probe into death of Akhara Parishad chief Narendra Giri
Hindustan TimesLucknow/ Prayagraj: Uttar Pradesh recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the death of influential Hindu seer Narendra Giri on Wednesday night, hours after he was laid to rest in Prayagraj and a post-mortem report suggested that the holy man may have died by asphyxiation. Nagar Yatra of the mortal remains of Mahant Narendra Giri, former Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad chief, before the funeral in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday. “On the instructions of UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath, a probe by the CBI has been recommended in the incident pertaining to the sad death of chairman of Akhara Parishad chief Mahant Narendra Giri,” the state home department tweeted in Hindi. Earlier in the day, Prayagraj chief judicial magistrate Harendra Kumar sent Anand Giri and Aadya Tiwari to 14 days’ judicial custody while a third accused -- Tiwari’s son Sandeep -- was arrested.