After Gorakhnath temple attack, video of confession?
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A purported video of a "confession" by a man allegedly responsible for last week's attack on the Gorakhnath temple is doing the rounds on social media.
The temple -- where Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is the head priest -- is one of the key pilgrim centres in the state.
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The 1-minute-49-second video of Ahmed Murtaza Abbasi, a 29year-old IIT graduate, has not been verified by Uttar Pradesh government officials or released by any police unit.
It appears to show Ahmed Murtaza Abbasi having a conversation with two or three voices who are off camera -- there is speculation that they could be policemen.
The video appears to have been shot on the day of the incident, when the attacker was taken to hospital after his arrest.
In the video, Murtaza Abbasi appears to justify the attack, blaming the government for the CAANRC protests and the Karnataka hijab issue, saying these issues affected him deeply and made him desperate.
In cellphone videos of the attack -- which took place around 7 pm last Sunday -- Abbasi is seen waving what appears to be a machete outside the Gorakhnath temple.
He repeatedly lunges at the policemen and shopkeepers who try to catch him. A small crowd, including security guards, threw rocks at him and finally pinned him to the ground.
Security ramped up at Yogi houses
NEW DELHI: As the probe continues into the attack on Goarkhpur's Gorakhnath Temple, of which present UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is the head priest, intense security has been deployed at CM's Lucknow residence and the temple itself. On April 3, a man named Murtaza Abbasi had attacked PAC jawans at Gorakhnath temple with a sharp-edged weapon and it took around 15 minutes to overpower him. Later, the accused's father said that he was of unsound mind and is mentally unstable.
What are the arrangements in place?
According to official sources, two platoons of CRPF have been deployed at the chief minister's Lucknow residence and women personnel will also be deployed round the clock.
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