Baliya, Ballia district police have registered an FIR against four persons for throwing a piece of meat in a temple and have taken them into custody and started questioning them. Inspector (SHO) of Sikanderpur police station, Dinesh Pathak, said on Sunday that a piece of meat was found in the Hanuman temple located at Maldah Chatti in Sikanderpur police station area on Saturday afternoon. When people reached the temple for worship on Saturday afternoon, they became angry after seeing the piece of meat. Angry villagers blocked the Sikandarpur-Belthara Road highway.

The SHO said that the chakka jam ended after the police assured action against the culprits. He told that in this case, on the complaint of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's Nawanagar Block Executive Amber Pandey, Section 295 of the Indian Penal Code (desecration of a place of worship for insulting the religious sentiments of any class) has been registered against Ram Dayal, Ram Niwas, Kamaluddin and Manzoor Hasan. Desecration) as well as a case registered under other relevant sections.

The police have taken all four accused into custody and are interrogating them. He claimed to have the situation under control at the spot. He said that as a precautionary measure, police force has been deployed at the spot.