Man booked after he recites Hanuman Chalisa outside Meerut mosque

Police have booked a Hindu outfit leader here for reciting Hanuman Chalisa near a mosque inside the Cantonment area and disrupting communal harmony, police said on Wednesday.

“Sachin Sirohi, who claims to be the national president of the All Bhartiya Hindu Suraksha Sansthan, has been booked along with some unidentified men under



relevant sections of BNS,” Circle Officer Santosh Kumar Singh said.

According to the police report, Sirohi and his associates on Monday created a ruckus outside the mosque, claiming it to be illegal. They then recited ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ (a prayer dedicated to lord Hanuman) near the mosque and allegedly threatened to demolish it, it stated.