An FIR was registered against four persons on the charge of defiling a place of worship after a group of people from a different religion allegedly tried to force their way into the famous Trimbakeshwar temple in Nashik in Maharashtra, the police said on Tuesday, reported the PTI.

Earlier in the day, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who holds the Home Department portfolio had ordered the setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incident, according to the PTI.