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A heated argument that broke out on Friday after four men barged into a Ganesh Chaturthi procession and started dancing snowballed into a major fight on Saturday and led to the deaths of three people in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district.
The three deceased were identified as Karan Yadav, Vasu Yadav and Rajesh Yadav.
According to Durg police, the argument broke out at around 8 pm in Nandini village, where a Ganesh Chaturthi procession with DJ music was underway. Four men, including the three who later died, approached the procession and started dancing to the music, police said.
The Old Shitla Ganesh Committee, which was carrying out the procession, objected to this and an argument broke out. However, with elders intervening, it did not lead to a fight right away, officials said.
On Saturday morning, at around 11.30 am, the two groups again fought with each other and again elders intervened and stopped the fight. However, at around 8 pm Saturday, Vasu Yadav allegedly called Akash Patel and asked him to come to Shitla temple.
After Patel reached the spot, one Dhanu Yadav allegedly assaulted him and attacked him with a knife. Soon, 8-10 friends of Patel joined the fight, and this led to the deaths of Karan, Vasu and Rajesh.
Patel was rushed to a hospital with serious injuries.
Local police have arrested a total of 15 people from both groups and a case of murder and attempted murder has been registered.
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