Police on Monday arrested six persons involved in Ganesh idol immersion violence at two separate locations on the Jagatsinghpur outskirts and forwarded them to court.
Reports said that chasing a few drunken youths who had been accompanying a Ganesh idol immersion procession at Samachhak, the police had faced wrath. The youths had pelted stones to police jeep and Jagatsinghpur police station IIC Devendra Mallick had received injury on Saturday midnight.
A police patrolling team had intercepted the procession using loudspeakers and fire crackers and exhibiting DJ sound beyond permissible limit.
Police on Sunday started investigation and picked up eight youths, including a juvenile. The juvenile was let off from police station later.
The three accused youths were identified as Suryakanta Muduli, Mantu Rout and Chandra Sekhar Behera all hailing from Samachhak locality, informed police.
In another Ganesh idol immersion violence at Hatapola near Jagatsinghpur town on Sunday night, three youths were captured by police in inebriated conditions. The drunken youths were passing lewd comments to women and teen aged girls accompanying the procession. The accused hail from Mundilo village and a bike was seized from their possession. Two policemen were injured while capturing these youths. Meanwhile on Monday, the three youths were forwarded to court, police informed.