UP: Clashes in Bahraich escalate, several houses burnt after 6-yr-old dies

New Delhi: Houses were burnt and a six-year-old girl was killed, after a small feud turned massive, leading to clashes between members of two communities during a Durga idol immersion procession in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich and Kushinagar.

• Police said a procession from Baheliya village to Dhanaura pond was targetted by a stone-pelting mob in Tatehara hamlet. The idol was damaged and a youth was injured in the incident, triggering tension

• Enraged processionists set some 32 hutments afire. Ashfaq's six-year-old daughter got trapped inside her house and could not come out, police said

 

• According to the sources, the feud got fueled after a group was stopped playing DJ in the area

 

• Additional police force has been rushed to the area and senior officials are also camping in the village. The situation is under control now

 

• State Minister for Trade Tax and local MLA Yasir Shah said Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has announced an ex-gratia of Rs. nine lakhs to the family of the deceased and help will also be extended to those who lost their belongings in the fire after proper evaluation.