Ayodhya police on Sunday arrested a 55-year-old Kashmiri dry-fruit seller for allegedly attempting to offer namaz in the Ram temple complex on Saturday night. Asad Shaikh, a resident of Shopian district, travels across the country to sell dry fruits. His son, Imran Shaikh, was quoted as telling the media in Shopian that his father was mentally ill and was under medication. “He did not reach the inner security circle of the Ram temple and was not trying to approach the sanctum sanctorum. It is high time the government listened to us,” said Raju Das, a sadhu from the Hanuman Garhi shrine located near the Ram temple.

Source: The Telegraph January 12, 2026 01:44 UTC