Uttarakhand cracks down on bogus seers, 127 arrested during Kanwar Yatra sweep
They said that a Bangladeshi citizen was arrested in the Sahaspur area of the district who was allegedly living as a seer in disguise. The accused has been identified as Rakam.According to police, he is a resident of Tangail district near Dhaka in Bangladesh and had reached Dehradun about seven months ago.Giving a count of the number of arrests made in the past two days, Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Singh said that on Saturday, 23 people were arrested from various places in the district, while on Friday, 38 such alleged fake seers were nabbed.On the other hand, Udham Singh Nagar Senior Superintendent of Police Manikant Mishra said that 66 suspected fake sadhus have been detained from various areas of the district.- EndsMust Watch
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