Bhopal Durga Puja incident: Police arrests man who rammed car into procession

Bhopal Police on Sunday, October 17 caught driver of car, who allegedly rammed a speeding car into people participating in Durga idol immersion procession on Saturday midnight. Just a few hours after incident was reported, Bhopal police has been able to catch driver of car and vehicle has also been taken into custody. 

 Speaking to ANI, Deputy inspector general Bhopal informed about arrest and said that police is investigating matter furr.“ car driver has been arrested and vehicle has been seized. Furr investigation is underway," informed Irshad Wali, Deputy inspector general of police Bhopal.

Police arrests driver who rammed car in Madhya Pradesh's Durga Idol procession

As per ANI report, police officials have informed that condition of two people who were injured in accident are stable w. y have been admitted to hospital and are receiving treatment. " person who was injured in this incident was admitted to a local hospital. As per doctors, his condition is stable,” said police officials to ANI.

Following tragic accidents in Lakhimpur Kheri and Jashpur, in ar incident in Bhopal, two people were reportedly injured, one of m was a child. accident occurred when a car travelling backwards slammed into crowd in Bhopal during immersion of a Durga idol. Reportedly, trdy occurred on a Saturday midnight, near Bajaria crossing railway station in Madhya Pradesh. According to reports, car driver fled scene by driving in reverse gear, and one of injured was carried along with car, for a short distance.

A grey car with two or three people inside was seen rushing backwards and ploughing into a crowd gared for immersion of a Durga deity in video of accident, that has gone viral on social media. Following accident, violence ensued, with devotees demanding that police personnel be held guilty for failing to maintain traffic flow. Senior police officials arrived on site and controlled situation.

 Chhattisgarh car accident 

tably, this trdy occurs just one day after a speeding car had rammed people on ir way to immerse a Durga idol in Pathalgaon, in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district. A speeding SUV ran over twenty persons at a Durga idol immersion procession in Pathalgaon, Jashpur, Chattishgarh, killing one. two-car occupants have been apprehended, and 17 people have been injured and are being treated at two hospitals.

With ANI Inputs

Im: ANI