Overview
- Uttar Pradesh Police named six more detainees — Jamal Ahmed, Irfan Ahmed, Sufiyan, Shakir, Sheru Ahmed, and Shamsad Ali — bringing the total held in the case to ten.
- The case traces to March 17, when officers say an iftar near the Sonpathri Ashram Temple involved cooking meat and dumping leftovers into a water source used by devotees.
- A written complaint by priest Hari Sharnanand Ji Maharaj led police to register a case on March 19 under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which is India’s criminal code.
- A forest officer’s report added a separate case under the Indian Forest Act, 1927, alleging an illegal fire in the forest area that could harm wildlife.
- The local station chief told the Indian Express that four earlier arrestees are out on bail while the six latest are in jail, and he said a viral video helped identify suspects.