Gujarat: Ganesh procession turns violent, 12 hurt

September 29, 2012 21:52

At least twelve people were today injured in stone-pelting after an angry mob damaged vehicles and shops at Dahemi village during the visarjan of Lord Ganesh..

Two shops, a Maruti van, a Piaggio car, four motorcycles and two cycles were torched in the flare-up, according to a police officer.

"People were sprinkling plastic bags filled with gulal (colour). However, when the Ganesh idol immersion procession reached a place of worship, some of the gulal fell on its wall, angering the people," he said.

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