Temple priest, aides booked for threatening Warasia woman

Vadodara: Another offence has been registered against the priest of Shri Baglamukhi Brahmastra Vidya Mandir and his two aides for threatening an elderly woman. The woman was threatened as she had inquired about her son’s whereabouts who was priest Dr Prashant Upadhyay’s follower.
According to Minaxi Shah, her younger son Kalpesh was a follower of Upadhyay and used to go to the temple regularly. In 2006, Kalpesh even asked his elder brother Jignesh to come and attend Upadhyay’s sermons which he refused. The relations between the two brothers soured over Kalpesh’s religious practices at home. However, Kalpesh continued going to the temple and later started spending most of his time at the temple.
Once when Shah went to attend sermons at the temple, she looked around for Kalpesh. But when he could not be seen, Shah asked Upadhyay about him. She was told that Kalpesh will return home and she should not worry about him. As Kalpesh didn’t return, Shah asked Upadhyay several times about him and he began to avoid her.
Shah was then told that Kalpesh was working at Upadhyay’s home in Gotri as helper, so she went there to check but he was not to be found there. After waiting for Kalpesh for around a decade, he suddenly appeared at his home in 2017. But he again went to Delhi saying that he had got a contract and will have to spend nine months there. When Kalpesh again went missing, Shah went to Upadhyay but she was not given a proper answer following which she submitted an application to police.
When Upadhyay learned about it, he started threatening Shah and she withdrew her complaint. Lately on reading about Upadhyay’s cheating case in newspapers, Shah talked to local media persons. Upadhyay’s two aides Kiran Gurumukh and Komal Gurumukh came to her home on Warasia Ring Road and threatened her of dire consequences if she spoke ill about the former. The woman registered a police complaint against Upadhyay who is already facing probe in a cheating case.