Lucknow: Six kanwariyas allegedly attack school van
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Six kanwariyas on three motorcycles allegedly attacked a school van in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow on Monday, The Indian Express reported.
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During the Kanwar Yatra, devotees, called Kanwariyas, walk hundreds of kilometres to collect water from the Ganga near Haridwar and carry it back to their home states to offer at temples.
Most pilgrims come from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh. This year’s yatra started on Thursday and will conclude on August 11.
The incident on Monday took place at Charak Crossing in the Chowk area while the van was on its way to drop students at school. One of the motorcycles hit the rear of the vehicle after the van driver applied the brakes, which led to an argument.
The dispute prompted some of the kanwariyas to allegedly damage the van’s rear windshield and side mirror, before they fled the scene.
The minors inside the van were not injured, The Indian Express quoted Chowk Police Station’s Station House Officer Nagesh Upadhyay as saying.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Shubham Kumar said the police had identified the registration numbers of the three motorcycles using surveillance camera footage and videos of the incident, the newspaper reported. A case will be registered, he added.
Edited by Sara Varghese.
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