As per reports, the incident took place at around 3:30 am in the morning. The assilants scaled the wall of the temple and entered the premises. Swami Nareshanand Saraswati was sleeping at that point of time.
"Where is your mask?" she threatened after seizing the stick from one of the Sadhus. "Put the mask on," she ordered and proceeded to hit a Sadhu with the stick in her hand.