Hate speech accused Yati Narsinghanand studied in Moscow, worked in London

Yati Narsinghanand says he studied in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur during the 1980s. He moved to Moscow for an engineering course in 1989 and later worked in London.

Before October 2019, Yati Narsinghanand was only a 'troublemaker' for the Uttar Pradesh Police and little known beyond a small group of his followers at the Dasna Devi Mandir in Ghaziabad. As Dasna Mandir head priest, Yati Narsinghanand made headlines two years ago with his threat to “eliminate” Muslims after Hindu Samaj leader Kamlesh Tiwari was murdered in Lucknow over his comments on Prophet Muhammad.

Two years later, Yati Narsinghanand, in his mid-50s, is multiple-FIRs-old. He is now accused of yet another hate speech at a Dharm Sansad in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. He was one of the organisers of the three-day Dharm Sansad, where a call was given to take up arms against Muslims and to ensure that “a Muslim does not become prime minister in 2029”.