A priest of the Agastya Muni Ashram in Bareilly, who has solemnised over 64 inter-faith marriages, has sought security after he reportedly received threatening calls.
The priest, Pandit KK Shankdhar, met Bareilly’s Senior Superintendent of Police Akhilesh Chaurasia and sought security.
He said he had solemnised weddings of 64 Muslim women with Hindu men in the past six years— 20 this year alone. Shankdhar claimed that he was recently intercepted by some youths near a shrine and threatened but he managed to escape.