On Sunday night, a clash erupted between two groups during a procession in Mumbai’s Mazgaon area, which involved the transportation of a Ganesh idol. In response to the violence, heavy police security was deployed to the area to maintain order and ensure public safety.
Ganesh festival organisers alleged that eggs were hurled at their procession during the idol’s arrival, following which tensions escalated in the area, ANI reported. The incident occurred during the arrival procession of the Ganesh idol, as per PTI.
The development comes a day after two people died and five others were injured when a massive Ganesh idol of ‘Bhuleshwaracha Raja’ fell during its arrival procession in Mumbai’s Bhuleshwar area on Saturday night, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), news agency ANI reported. Maharashtra minister Ashish Shelar on Sunday said police were conducting an inquiry into the Bhuleshwar accident and said all details would emerge through the inquiry report. The incident occurred near Kabutarkhana at Jay Ambe Chowk in Bhuleshwar. The cause of the idol collapse is yet to be ascertained.
Following the incident, the BMC, Mumbai Fire Brigade, Mumbai Police, Traffic Police, 108 Emergency Ambulance Service and BMC ward staff were mobilised to the spot. The Akhil Bhuleshwar Sarvajanik Ganesh Mandal president Sanket Nevase, 33, and a resident of the locality, Brijesh Hemant Joshi, 30, were struck by the falling idol and died on the spot.
Calling the incident “deeply distressing and painful”, Shelar expressed condolences to the families of those who died and hoped for the speedy recovery of those injured, as per ANI.
