New Delhi, April 15:
Clashes broke out between two communities during a Hanuman Jayanti procession in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area on Saturday evening. Several police personnel were injured in the ensuing violence.
According to the police, stones were pelted and some vehicles torched in the violence that occurred at around 6 pm on Saturday. Security personnel were deployed to the region to get the situation under control.
In videos accessed by India Today, participants in the religious procession can be seen brandishing shot guns, pistols and swords. The video, taken in C-D Block Market in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, was recorded before stone-pelting began in the area on Saturday evening.
Two locals who recorded the videos spoke exclusively to India Today. 30-year-old Anwara said, “I was coming from the market when around 2.15 pm Hanuman Jayanti Shobha Yatra was crossing the market. I saw people brandishing guns and that is why I shot the video.”
Sahil, 15, added, “I was at my shop. Hanuman Jayanti Yatras were crossing the market and people were brandishing guns. The Yatras continued from 2 onwards. To keep proof, I recorded the videos.”
