Journalist Swati Goel Sharma has pointed out that The Wire's founder Siddharth Varadrajan, speaking to Newslaundry, had also claimed that sadhus as 'people belonging to nomadic tribes', in an attempt to peddle the narrative that they were not Hindus.
Earlier today, the apex court of the country had provided protection from arrest for three weeks to Arnab Goswami in relation to the FIRs filed against him for the alleged defamation of Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
The VHP has stated that Hindu saints have long been facing violence at the hands of leftists in the Palghar area. They claim that the murder of Sadhus is a part of an ongoing conspiracy by leftists to steer the locals against Hinduism.