Man booked for gathering people on Samruddhi Expressway, chanting mantras to prevent accidents

Man booked for gathering people on Samruddhi Expressway, chanting mantras to prevent accidents

Buldhana, Jul 26 (PTI) A case has been registered against a man for assembling people at a spot on the Samruddhi Expressway where a bus fire claimed 25 lives, and installing a 'mahamrutyunjay yantra' and reciting mantras to prevent accidents, police said on Wednesday.

Hamid Dabholkar of the Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti, an anti-superstition group, had objected to it and demanded police action into the matter.

Twenty five people were charred to death after a private bus caught fire on the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra's Buldhana district on July 1.