<p>A priest of Dasna Devi temple in Ghaziabad has given a very controversial statement. He has targeted former President APJ Abdul Kalam over his religion. The temple priest on Tuesday targeted former President Kalam, calling him a "jihadi".</p> <p>"Any Muslim in the top echelons of the country cannot be pro-India and Kalam was a jihadi," Dasna Devi Temple's Yati Narsinghanad Saraswati told PTI in Aligarh.</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ | <a href="https://ift.tt/31b2QIu A Bermuda': Dilip Ghosh's Remarks Against CM Mamata Banerjee Trigger Controversy</a></strong></p> <p>The priests' controversial statement comes after a Muslim boy was beaten up for allegedly drinking water in Dasna Devi temple premises.</p> <p>Narasimhanand Saraswati accused the late Kalam of "supplying the formula of atomic bomb to Pakistan" as DRDO chief, without any evidence. The priest claimed, "Kalam had maintained a cell in Rashtrapati Bhavan, where any Muslim could file his complain."</p> <p>In the same temple, a man identified as Shringi Nand Yadav has been arrested by the police for allegedly beating a Muslim boy in a dispute over drinking water in temple premises.</p> <p>In a viral video, it can be seen that Yadav asked the boy his name and the boy said his name was Asif, after which Yadav is seen beating him mercilessly.</p>

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