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Eighteen people have been arrested after a religious procession allegedly came under attack in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh district on Tuesday night, police said, adding that five people received injuries in the incident.
According to the police at Pahuna village, a religious procession is taken out every month from Char Bhuja Mata temple. When the procession was crossing a lane in the neighbourhood, some people allegedly pelted stones and tried to cause a disruption, police said, adding that clashes between members of two communities followed.
Chittorgarh Superintendent of Police Sudhir Joshi said they have taken necessary precautions to stop the situation from deteriorating. “Around 18 people who started the stone pelting were arrested. A few people received minor injuries and they are getting medical help. The situation is under control.”
There were reports that a person, Shyam Lal, died a few hours after the incident, but authorities clarified that he had died of heart problems.
Chittorgarh Collector Alok Ranjan said, “We got information that a person had died after the incident. We got to know he had a heart condition, which was also reiterated by the person who used to treat him. He was an onlooker when the incident occurred as he has a shop nearby. As per information we received, he had not received any external or internal injury but died due to heart problems.”
His body was cremated by his family on Wednesday evening.
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