Kanthi-Rudraksha and initiation with chanting of mantras in jail… How did a jailed gangster become a Mahant? Uttarakhand police will investigate

Underworld don Prakash Pandey alias PP, lodged in a jail in Uttarakhand, was given the title of Mahant and was renamed Prakashanand Giri. After chanting mantras as part of the ritual, the gangster was made to wear a ‘Rudraksha’ garland and ‘Kanthi’. When this matter came to light, the government ordered an inquiry into it.

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