Thane: 1 killed, 50 injured over Navaratri pandal row

One person was killed and more than 50 were injured in communal clashes which broke out at Rabodi in Thane.

One person was killed and more than 50 were injured in communal clashes which broke out at Rabodi in Thane over setting up of a ‘pandal’ for the Navaratri festival around midnight, police said.

There was a dispute over the issue of erecting a pandal for the festival beginning Tuesday in the locality neighbouring Mumbai, they said.

Members of a particular community alleged that the pandal encroached over their area. The local mandal (group), organising the event, however, insisted that the pandal would be put up as per the last year’s specifications resulting in the clashes, police said.

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