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Tension erupts as Muharram rally passes through Prayagraj’s Sirsa market, 22 held
Local residents questioned the Muharram rally participants for deviating from traditional route. Uttar Pradesh Police said that prior permission is required to take a procession along a new route.
According to the police, tension erupted in Sirsa market when local residents and shopkeepers objected to the Muharram procession passing through the market and they gathered at Sirsa. (Source: File/ Representational)
The Uttar Pradesh Police arrested 22 people who were part of a Muharram procession on charges of breach of peace after tension erupted on Thursday night between two groups for taking out the rally through Sirsa market.
Local residents in Prayagraj district alleged that members of the procession were setting a new trend by taking the procession through Sirsa market, a Hindu dominated area, deviating from the traditional route.
According to the police, tension erupted in Sirsa market when local residents and shopkeepers objected to the Muharram procession passing through the market and they gathered at Sirsa. The residents raised objections and questioned why the traditional route was not followed.
They alleged that taking the procession through Sirsa market was a departure from the traditional route and part of an attempt to set a new trend.
The situation escalated when both groups got into a heated argument. It was brought under control after a police team from Meja police station arrived and pacified both sides.
The Meja police registered a case against five named individuals and 50 unidentified people.
“Prior permission is required to take a procession along a new route. In this case, no such permission was obtained from the district administration before the procession passed through the new route, said S P Upadhyay, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Prayagraj.
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He added that the police would investigate who was behind the incident and why the procession was taken along the new route.
© The Indian Express Pvt Ltd
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