FIR lodged against group of youths for violating sanctity of Kedarnath shrine
An FIR was lodged at the Sonprayag police station under BNS Section 298 (desecrating a religious place of worship) against unnamed persons based on a complaint by Girish Devli, the officer in charge of the Badrinath-Kedarnath temple committee, the social media cell of Rudraprayag police said.
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