Bollywoodactor Amitabh Bachchan's family priest, who has also reportedly performed'pujas' for the Gandhi family, was allegedly beaten up during a scuffle betweenpriests and the police at the Vindhyavasini temple in Vindhyachal area.
Avideo of the incident has gone viral. Accordingto reports, the clash took place on Sunday after the district magistrate ofChandauli district and his family were escorted to the temple by the police toperform pujas despite the weekend lockdown.
However,when Bachchan's family priest Amit Pandey, along with other priests, reachedthe temple for performing pujas, the police refused to let them in, leading toan altercation.
Seeingthe district magistrate offering puja, the priests also insisted that they beallowed in.
Nocase has been filed in the incident so far. SumitPandey, brother of the priest, told reporters, "Police deliberately didthis. Protesting priests are also implicated in false cases. We are very respectedin the community."
Hesaid that his brother regularly performed 'puja' for the Bachchan family.
RajanPathak, former president of Panda Samaj, also condemned the incident and saidthat every worshipper is equal in the eyes of the almighty. He also said thatthe temple does not discriminate against anyone.
AdditionalSuperintendent of Police Sanjay Verma denied the incident and said that nopoliceman escorted any official for performing puja in the temple.
"Apriest performed darshan puja and when Amit Pandey started taking othervisitors for the darshan puja which the police objected to," Verma said.