26 held in Uttar Pradesh’s Kairana following conflict throughout Holi celebrations

Through PTI

MUZAFFARNAGAR: Twenty-six folks have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district when two teams clashed whilst enjoying Holi, police stated on Saturday.

The incident came about in Sehpat village underneath Kairana police station limits on Friday, Station Area Officer (SHO) Anil Kaparwan stated.

A number of folks have been additionally injured, together with six who have been hospitalised in severe situation, within the conflict through which lathis, iron rods and brick bats have been freely used, he stated.

In line with the SHO, police registered a case underneath Indian Penal Code sections 323 (voluntarily inflicting harm), 324 (voluntarily inflicting harm by means of bad guns), 504 (intentional insult to impress breach of peace) and 506 (legal intimidation) and arrested 26 folks on Saturday.