Holy revelry claimed ten lives in separate incidents while the cops had a tough time in maintain law and order as playing of DJ and colours led to communal clash in half a dozen districts on Friday. In Philibhit, playing of DJ during Holi celebration took a bloody turn when Keshav, Kedarnath, Arvind, Munendra Pal, Kedar, Rahul, Rajeesh and others, attacked the local residents in Andah locality of Deoriakala and later also opened fire in which Ved Prakash and Kallu, were killed while some other residents were injured on Friday afternoon.
In Simbhwali locality of Sambhal district, a retired army personnel, Alwar, opened fire at local residents Sonu and Monu, after they threw colours on him. While Monu (26) died on the spot, Sonu was battling for life in hospital. In Sector 16 at Indiranagar in lucknow also, 17-year-old Ravi, was killed when a local resident Himanshu Gupta, attacked him over playing colours on Fridayafternoon.
In Ferojabad, 38-year-old Seema, a resident of Sirsa locality, was shot dead while she was playing colours on Friday. In Sonebhadra, one lachmina, a resident of Toria hamlet of Raipur, and her brother Budhinath (18), were brutally attacked by local resident Ramvilas, Rajesh, Shambhu, Raj Kumar, after having dispute during Holi on Friday. Budhinath died in the attack while the woman was critically injured. In Faijabad, 65-year-old Hanif, a resident of Saidpurdhobi area of Manai, was brutally stabbed to death when he went to extort money from one Dewa Yadav, on occasion of Holi on Friday afternoon.
In Allahabad, bombs were hurled after dispute during celebration of colours in front of former minister Nand Gopal Gupta aka Nandi’s house in Muthiganj in which one Prateek aka Kaka, were killed while some other residents were injured. In Moradabad, 25-year-old Dharampal, a resident of Ahmednagar Jaitwara in Kundarki locality was going to play Holi with his brother residing near-by when he had a dispute with one Munna Singh, over throwing of colours on Friday afternoon. later Munna, battered Dharampal to death.
In Varanasi, a 20-year-old girl was returning from market when two local youths Rahul and Vishwas, teased her during Holi celebration. When local residents Ram Murat Prajapati and Krishna Prajapati tried to object, both the youths who were joined by their colleagues, brutally attacked them in which Ram Murat was killed while Krishna was critically injured on Friday.
In Ambedkarnagar, Jitendra Singh, a resident of Akbarpur, who was badly drunk opened fire at Arun Kumar Tewari, in which the victim was critically injured. The incident took place over playing of colours on Friday. In Sultanpur, some unknown person opened fire critically injuring former minister Jainarain’s son when he was plaing Holi with family members at his residence in Kalawatikunj under Kotwali police station on Friday.
In Jaunpur, one Monu Ansari, a resident of Patela Khuttan opened fire at Manoj, a resident of the same area just as the later threw colour on the accused on Friday. Critically injured Manoj was admitted in hospital. In Gorakhpur, communal clash took place in Mahalla Rasoolpur when some youths of the minority community created problem during Holi celebration on Friday. The agitated mob also torched vehicles and pelted stones in which half a dozen cops besides people from both side were injured.
Similarly in Mau, playing of DJ in a procession led to communal clash when other side going to offer Friday prayers objected and tried to forcibly close the music. In this case also, shops were burnt besides both sides were engaged in heavy brick-batting. In Sultanpur also, playing of DJ led to violent clash between the members of two religions near Shahganj crossing on Friday afternoon.
In Jaunpur, similar communal clash took place at Gora Badshahpur when members of one community going to offer Friday prayers asked the other side to stop playing colours. Similarly in Badaun, two parties clashed over playing of DJ during Holi celebration at Ujhani locality on Friday. In Aligarh, clash took place between two groups over playing of colours at Iglas locality on Friday.