The incident occurred at Beleshwar Jhulelal Mahadev Temple around 11am on Thursday during a Havan puja going on in view of the Ram Navami festival. Soon after the incident, the rescue operation began and it continued for around 24 hours till Friday afternoon.
India continued to report over 3,000 COVID cases for the second day in a row with 3,095 new infections in the last 24 hours, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday. The country recorded the highest one-day fresh infections in the last nearly six months.
It stated further that a total of 1,396 recoveries were made from the virus in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 4,41,68,321.
It stated further that a total of 1,222 recoveries were made from the virus in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 4,41,66,925.
Amid rising Covid-19 cases in the country, Maharashtra reported 450 new cases of the infection and 3 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP).
Atiq Ahmed, a gangster-turned-politician and an accused in the abduction case, was brought from Sabarmati Jail to Prayagraj jail on Monday after an over 24-hour long drive from Gujarat. He will be produced today before the court in connection with the Umesh Pal kidnapping case.