Uttar Pradesh: ‘We welcome CBI probe into Narendra Giri’s death’

PRAYAGRAJ: The Acharya Mahamandaleshwar of Niranjani Akhara, Swami Kailashanand Giri and general secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP), Hari Giri have welcomed the state government’s decision to recommend a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of ABAP president Narendra Giri.
“The decision of the government to recommend a CBI inquiry into the case is welcome.I have been saying from the beginning that there is something fishy in the entire episode and now after a thorough probe by the CBI, the truth will come out,” said Swami Kailashanand.

He also informed TOI that both the personal room of Narendra Giri and the one in which he was found hanging from the fan and had committed suicide have been sealed.
“We held a meeting of the Akhara at the Math on Thursday and discussed the day-to-day business, how to run the Math in coming days, etc. It has also been decided that a temple or a monument would be constructed above the site where Narendra Giri was given bhoo samadhi,” he added.
On the matter of Narendra Giri’s successor in reference to the candidature of Balbeer Giri, whose name was suggested by Narendra Giri in his ‘suicide note’ as the person to head the Akhara, he said: “Presently, we are in grieving. In the days to come we will sit together and decide who would be the successor of the mahant,” said Kailashanand. Balbeer Giri is presently a mahant of the Niranjani Akhara.
Likewise, ABAP general secretary Hari Giri, while applauding the efforts of the chief minister in recommending a CBI inquiry, said, “There should be a thorough probe into the incident and no one should draw any conclusion before the probe is over. The call details of Narendra Giri, the people he met, any property angle behind his death, etc., will have to be looked into by the CBI.”