Carrying out procession for immersion of lord Ganesh Idol through mixed population took out violent turn in Gonda when members of two communities clashed leading to injuries over a dozen persons on Wednesday late afternoon.
Senior officers immediately rushed to the spot along with heavy police force and somehow control the situation. Strict vigil has been maintained in the area to avert no further clash.
Reports said that the incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon when allegedly
stones were hurled from a religious place on the procession of the other community’s members who were taking Ganesh idol through Utraula road after passing through Chowk area in Gonda. Agitated with the move, the members of the other community, also indulged in violence and set afire a shop, which subsequently led to communal clash.
Reports said that members of both the communities also clashed and hurled stones on each other at Ekta tri-section in Chowk area. They even chased away the Circle officer and the City magistrate, who went there to control the situation with police. Some shops were set afire in this area also, reports confirmed.