Temple Sewadaar Allegedly Beaten To Death In Delhi’s Kalkaji Area, One Nabbed

A 35-year-old sewadaar Yogendra Singh, a native of Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh working in a temple in southeast Delhi’s Kalkaji area, lost his life after being allegedly beaten by a group of visitors during a dispute over the ‘Chunni Prasad’, as said by police. Police also said that one of the visitors has been nabbed. The officials said that a call was made to the police control room about the row at the temple around 9.30 pm on August 28, 2025, Friday. According to the police, the argument started after the accused, who were visiting the temple, demanded ‘chunniprasad’ from the sewadaar. Chunni Prasad is a combination of sacred headscarf and religious offering of food as reported in the PTI. 

Sewadaar was assaulted with sticks and fist blows 

According to the Delhi Police, the accused physically assaulted the sewadaar with sticks and fist blows. Post the assault, the victim was immediately taken to AIIMS Trauma Centre, where he died during treatment. A case has been registered u/s 103(1)/ 3(5) of BNS. The local public apprehended one of the accused, Atul Pandey, aged 30 years, resident of Dakshinpuri, at the spot and handed over to the police. Further investigation is underway while the remaining accused are being identified, and efforts are being made to apprehend them.

‘Did these miscreants not even flinch…’: AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal On X

Arvind Kejriwal, the national convenor of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has shared his remarks regarding this incident on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) in Hindi. Translating the remarks in English, it translates to, “”Did these miscreants not even flinch before brutally killing a sewadar inside the Kalkaji Temple? If this is not a failure of law and order, then what is?” “The four engines of the BJP have brought Delhi to such a state that now even temples are witnessing such incidents. Is anyone really safe in Delhi anymore?” 

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