Prayagraj: Anand Giri, Adya Prasad Tiwari sent to 14-day judicial remand

PRAYAGRAJ: Anand Giri and Adya Prasad Tiwari, accused of abetting the suicide of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP) president Mahant Narendra Giri, were sent to 14-day judicial remand by the chief judicial magistrate (CJM) court here on Wednesday. They were later sent to the Naini central jail.
Body of Narendra Giri was found hanging from the ceiling of his room in Shri Math Baghambari Gaddi under the limits of Georgetown police station here on Monday evening.
The mahant had charged Anand Giri, besides, two others including priest of Bade Hanuman temple Adya Prasad Tiwari and his son Sandeep Tiwari, of mental harassment in his suicide note. Sandeep Tiwari was arrested late Wednesday evening.
The police had then lodged an FIR under section 306 (abetment of suicide) of IPC against Anand Giri with the Georgetown police station on the complaint of an employee of the math, Amar Giri Pawan Maharaj, on Monday night. A police team on Wednesday produced both the accused — Anand Giri and Adya Tiwari — before the court of chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Harendra Nath amid tight security. The CJM remanded both of them to judicial custody for 14-days and they were sent to jail. Before producing the accused in the CJM court, the police also got their medical examination conducted at a government hospital.
Earlier on Tuesday afternoon, a team of UP police had brought Anand Giri to the Reserve police line in Prayagraj from Haridwar. Later, Anand Giri, priest Adya Prasad Tiwari and his son Sandeep Tiwari were taken into custody for quizzing.
A team of senior police officials had quizzed Anand Giri, Adya and Sandeep for hours. Meanwhile, a five-member panel of doctors on Wednesday morning conducted the post- mortem of Narendra Giri at SRN hospital amid tight security. The police had barricaded the street leading to the postmortem house.
The videography of autopsy was also conducted.
Through senior police authorities remained tight-lipped, highly placed sources told TOI that asphyxiation due to hanging was found to be the cause of death of the mahant. A 18-member special investigation team (SIT) was set up to probe the death and it had also started collecting evidence. Meanwhile, deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya told reporters here on Wednesday that “detailed investigations are underway into the death of ABAP chief Narendra Giri and the guilty will not be spared”. “All the aspects of the case are under investigation and police are moving in the right direction,” he added.