A youth was killed while 31 others were injured after a speeding four wheeler allegedly trampled a 'baraat' (groom's procession) in Uttarakhand's Haridwar on Friday night, police said.
The two bridegroom cousins Hem Mandloi and Yash Mandloi, residents of Kurana village, Bhopal took their procession to Shujalpur in Shajapur district which is nearly 80 kilometres from the state capital on Thursday evening.
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) workers clashed with the police on Thursday during the TDP National General Secretary Nara Lokesh's pada yatra 'Yuva Galam' procession in the district.
The FIR, registered on January 25, against three Hyderabad residents also pointed out that the accused persons booked by the Central agency were instructed to hurl hand grandes at public gatherings and processions in order to create communal tension.
A student was killed due to a bullet injury in celebratory firing during the Saraswati Puja idol immersion procession near Gandhi Maidan in Patna on Friday.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi saw colourful processions that were a 'treat for the eyes' as the yatra marches ahead in Haryana's Karnal on Saturday.
"It's a reflection of the government's insensitivity. The students were taking out a peaceful procession but a barbaric lathi charge was done in such cold weather. They (Govt) should have called those students and listened to their demands. Why don't they get CBI investigation done?," said V
The processions were a part of protests against the settlement of non-natives in Sindh, the usurpation of the rights of the indigenous people and the Pakistan People's Party government's attempt to tear apart Sindh's integrity.
Elaborate traffic arrangements have been made across the national capital on Sunday in view of the Swami Sradhanand Martyrdom Day procession on December 25.