Man arrested for threats to Utah Bhakti Yoga studio

SALT LAKE CITY (Diya TV) — Authorities have arrested a Utah man for allegedly barging into a Hindu yoga studio and yelling threats. Officers arrived and arrested the man. A woman was livestreaming from the Salt Lake City branch of the multi-national Bhakti Yoga Society. Workers there say the man had recently become “aggressive” with some of the other people at the yoga studio and was asked not to come back.

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Ravi Kapur contributed to this report.