Dhirendra Shastri On Brother's Alleged Firing Case: "Have No Ties To Family"

Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, head priest of Bageshwar Dham, said that he has no ties with his estranged brother Shaligram or his family after the latter was accused of allegedly shooting at a person within the Rajnagar Police Station limits in Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. He said that the law should take its course and called for strict punishment against the perpetrators. "I had already spoken about Shaligram ji three years ago. I have no connection with him; in fact, I have no ties to my family. Since the Chhatarpur district and my family are vast, incidents of one kind or another keep happening here. Let the law take its course and appropriate legal action be taken; whoever is responsible should face the strictest possible punishment. I earnestly request that I not be dragged into every single matter," Shastri told ANI.