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.
Bulandshahr Police clarified that three men were indeed detained while routine checking was going on but during the interrogation, no connection to Yati Narsinghanand's function could be established.
The accused, identified as Jan Dar, is a resident of Pulwama, and was in Delhi to reportedly assassinate Dasna Devi Temple head priest Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati