Gorakhpur revisions: At least four people were injured after clashes broke out between two communities during the ‘Kalash Yatra’ in Dhuriyapar Village below the Urwa police station in Gorakhpur Regency on Wednesday.
Four people from one wounded community while heavy police forces were deployed in the village.
In the written complaint from one Siddharth Upadhyaya, the police registered a case against 11 people named and unknown below in Section 147 (punishment for riots), 148 (riots armed with deadly weapons), 307 (trying to murder), 323 (punishment for Voluntary causing injury), 504 (anyone who deliberately insults), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation), 294 (singing, reading or saying obscene songs), 296 (disrupting religious assembly) IPC.
Police said two people, Mehfooz and Suhail had been arrested in this matter.
The report said ‘Srimadbhagwat Katha’ was held in Batkat Village under the area of Urwa and ‘Kalash Yatra’ taken from Bankat.
It reached Dhwaleshwarn temple in Rouza Dargah, Dhuriyapar and Vasdevpur.
Immediately after ‘Yatra’ reached Jalan Dhuriyapar-Urwa near a chicken shop, a horse riding who participated in ‘Yatra’ broke the tree branches near the store.
Some young men, including Mahfooz, Parvez, Mehboob, Afsar, Dilshad, objected to it and stopped the driver.
An argument broke out and when the people participated in ‘Yatra’ tried to end the argument, other community youth attacked them with a stick where Siddharth was 45 years old, Rambravesh Yadav, who was 26 years old, 19 years old Yadav Prashant and Varun Yadav 17 years old injured.
Then, the people in ‘Yatra’ blocked Jalan Dhuriyapar-Uhwa.
After getting information, the UNWA police reached the place and calm the people.
Gola HR Rajendra Bahadur Singh and Cojani Kumar Pandey also reached the place.
SP (North) Ak Singh said, “Instructions have been given to Ukwa and Co Gla to take strict action on the perpetrators.”
Four injured in clashes between 2 communities during ‘Kalash Yatra’
