Varanasi: One person was shot at by rivals in a dispute over a temple land in Khojwa area under Bhelupur police station of the district on Sunday night.
Additional deputy police commissioner Vikas Chandra Tripathi on Monday said, “Two accused, Atar Singh and Raj Bahadur, had been arrested by police and a licenced pistol was also seized from them. Process for cancellation of the arms licence of Atar Singh is also being initiated. The incident occurred in the dispute of temple land.”
A Santoshi Mata temple, which is looked after by a trust, is situated in Shaktinagar of Khojwa locality under Bhelupur police station. Atar Singh and Rajbahadur are trustees and they had an old dispute with temple priest Ramakant Pathak on the issue of property on which the temple exists, said police.