Meerut, March 27 -- Terming the Meerut murder case as "unfortunate," Bageshwar Dham chief Dhirendra Krishna Shastri on Thursday said that every Indian must take Shri Ramcharitmanas as a basis to build a cultured family.

"The Meerut case is unfortunate. In the present society, the declining family system, the advent of Western culture and married men or women engaged in affairs are destroying families... This is a lack of values. If anyone's son or daughter is doing such acts, it means there is a lack of upbringing. Therefore, to build a cultured family, it is necessary for every Indian to take Shri Ramcharitmanas as a basis," Shastri told reporters.

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