Communal clash in Kushinagar, four arrested’

In the meantime, youngsters of the two communities got into an argument that snowballed into a clash as their family members joined them. Both the groups started pelting each other with stones and the matter was resolved only after other people intervened.

The six-year-old injured in the stone pelting is undergoing treatment at a hospital and the doctors said his condition was stable.

Kubersthan Station House Officer Pankaj Gupta said the injured boy’s family lodged an FIR against members of the other community.

Kushinagar Additional Superintendent of Police Ritesh Kumar Singh said the religious procession was held peacefully and rumours were being circulated that some people attacked those participating in the yatra.

A case was registered against those arrested under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code, the
police said.

No complaint was filed by the other group, they added.

Clash over shobha yatra route in Aligarh, security upped One person was injured after two groups from different communities clashed with each other in Aligarh’s Chandaus area here on Sunday evening over the route of a ‘shobha yatra’, police said.

Security was beefed up in the area after the incident and the yatra continued after district officials defused the situation.

The two groups clashed over the route of a ‘shobha yatra’ that was being taken out by one of them. One person sustained minor injuries. The injured was taken to the hospital, where he was given first aid, police said.

After receiving information about the incident, district officials reached the spot and pacified the two sides, they said. Senior Superintendent of Police Kalanidhi Naithani said the situation was peaceful and the yatra continued after the issue was resolved.

—With PTI inputs