Four persons received burn injuries when crackers were burst after a quarrel between two groups during a procession carrying an idol of Goddess Durga as part of the Navratri celebration in Maharashtra’s Thane city, police said on Monday.
Another person was injured when a stone was hurled during the incident which took place at around 9 pm on Sunday, they said. The nine-day Navratri festival began on Sunday.
Some people were carrying the idol in Hanuman Nagar area of Wagle Estate in a procession when a quarrel took place between two groups over the bursting of crackers, an official from Srinagar police station said quoting the FIR. At that time, someone carelessly burst the crackers which hit the people around. Four persons received severe burn injuries and were rushed to a hospital for treatment, the official said. Besides, a man was injured when someone hurled a stone during the quarrel, the police said.