Nanded gurudwara attack: 400 miscreants booked, 18 arrested so far

Nanded: Nanded police have registered a case underneath IPC sections 307, 324, 188, 269 in opposition to 400 accused of making an attempt to take out a Hola Mohalla procession outdoors the Sachkhand Gurdwara, with out permission.

The police have arrested 18 accused so far. Efforts to nab the remaining are ongoing.

It is a practice to take out the ‘Hola Mohalla’ procession yearly on the event of Holi from Sachkhand Gurudwara of Nanded. This time too, police permission was hunted for the procession, however as a result of Coronavirus pandemic, restrictions had been positioned on gatherings from March 25 to April 4. 

In the assembly held with the police on behalf of the gurdwara administration, it was assured that each one spiritual applications could be carried out peacefully and no procession could be carried out contained in the gurdwara.

But as quickly as Nishan Saheb was introduced out at 4 pm within the afternoon on Monday, some folks began arguing with the police and broke the barricading of the police outdoors the gurdwara. 

The mob took to the streets carrying swords, spears, stones and different lethal weapons of their palms. 

Seeing such an enormous crowd and a lethal weapon of their palms, the police retreated a bit. But the miscreants didn’t settle and began throwing stones on police autos.

SP Pramod Kumar Shaiwale was attacked with a sword. His bodyguard Dinesh Pandey was injured within the incident. He has undergone surgical procedure in a hospital. 

A complete of eight policemen have been injured within the assault, who’re being handled at an area authorities hospital. 

The state of affairs across the gurudwara in Nanded is tense however underneath management at current.

What Happens Hola Mohalla Procession?

Just as Hindus play with colors on the second day of Holi, there’s a custom of finishing up the Hola Mohalla procession in Sikhism. Sikh youth carry out their martial arts within the procession.

Nanded Gurudwara Sachkhand is taken into account as one of many 5 ‘takhts’ of Sikhs. The tenth and final Guru of Sikhs Guru Gobind Singh is alleged to have spent a while right here.

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