The main mourning procession of Ashura (Tenth day of Muharram) at Bokaro and Giridih ended peacefully here on Sunday evening. The procession had commenced from the different places of Bokaro and Giridih earlier 50 mourning processions taken out from Nuri Nagar, Naya Basti, Kathara, Gomia, Peterwar and Phusro in Bokaro. The main mourning procession of the dozen procession was taken out from different parts of the city.
The participants of the mourning procession offered Namaz-e- Zohrain (Afternoon prayers) at Thana Chowk. After passing through its traditional route, the mourning procession concluded at late in the evening, police said.
Earlier, Durga Puja festivals came to an end on Saturday with the immersion of idols passing off peacefully in Bokaro and Giridih. According to the Bokaro DC Rai Mahimapat Ray and Superintendent of Police YS Ramesh, nearly all Durga idols were immersed in the city till 8 pm on Saturday except one or two without any untoward incident reported from anywhere.
According to local police, the Puja committee members of most of the household, including Bokaro city, Bokaro Thermal, Phusro, Gomia, Peterwar, Nawadih and Kathara proceeded with the idol immersion at different rivers, ghats and ponds and other water bodies throughout the district. Besides the all PS of Bokaro town, Bokaro Thermal, Bermo, Peterwar, Gomia, Jaridih, and Kasmar police, personnel, and local civic bodied were also deployed to monitor the immersions, while swimmers were kept a vigil in the rivers during, police further added.