Team Clarion
GHAZIABAD – A group of Kanwariyas allegedly vandalized and overturned a police vehicle in Ghaziabad. A video that has now gone viral on social media shows the enraged Kanwariyas overturning a car with ‘Police’ clearly written on the front of the car.
As per sources, Ghaziabad Police has reacted to the incident and has informed that the incident occurred when a private vehicle, operating under the vigilance department of the power corporation, accidentally hit a Kanwariya, Vartha Bharati reported.
Although the Kanwar remained intact, the Kanwariyas were infuriated and proceeded to vandalize the vehicle before overturning it, the police informed.
The driver of the vehicle has been taken into police custody as per sources.
The vandalism in Ghaziabad comes nearly a week after a similar incident in Muzaffarnagar on July 21. A group of pilgrims returning from Haridwar vandalized a car on the national highway to Delhi after it brushed past one of them. The pilgrims claimed that the Ganga water they were carrying had become impure after the vehicle touched them.
A few days earlier, another group of Kanwar pilgrims ransacked a dhaba in Muzaffarnagar after allegedly finding slices of onion in their meal. During the sawaan month, devotees abstain from eating non-vegetarian food or dishes containing onion and garlic.
In response to these incidents, several roads in Noida and Ghaziabad have been closed to vehicles for the next week due to the Kanwar Yatra. The restrictions will remain in place until the evening of August 5.
In Noida, two lanes exiting Delhi at the Kalindi Kunj border have been closed to traffic on a stretch between the Okhla Barrage and the Bird Sanctuary to facilitate the movement of pilgrims. In Ghaziabad, private cars and other light goods vehicles heading to Meerut are being diverted from the Delhi-Meerut Expressway (DME) through NH-9 and Hapur. Heavy vehicles have been barred from the DME since July 22.
