Dhanbad, March 28 Police arrested 19 people on Saturday, allegedly involved in a stone-pelting incident during a Ram Navami procession in Bhikraipur, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, according to an official.
Six people were injured in a stone-pelting incident during a Ram Navami procession in Bhikraipur on Friday evening.
Dhanbad City Superintendent of Police Ritvik Shrivastav told
"We have arrested 19 accused out of the nearly 50 people named in the FIR from both sides involved in the stone-pelting incident during the religious procession on Friday evening," the city SP said.
Sindri Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Ashutosh Kumar Satyam told
"They were taken to the spot where the incident had taken place before being remanded to judicial custody," he said.
The police officer said that the situation in Bhikraipur was normal and adequate security forces have been deployed.
Nearly half a dozen people were injured in a stone-pelting incident during a Ram Navami procession in Bhikraipur on Friday.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dhanbad, Prabhat Kumar, had termed it as a minor incident which was brought under control immediately by the police.
"It was a minor incident of stone pelting between teenagers of two communities during the Ramnavami procession. However, police intervened in time, and the situation was brought under control soon. Everything is normal in the area at the moment," the SSP said.
