Maharashtra: Four injured as crackers burst after quarrel during Navratri procession in Thane, 1 hurt in stone-pelting

Four persons received burn injuries when crackers were burst after a quarrel between two groups during a procession carrying an idol of Goddess Durga as part of the Navratri celebration in Maharashtras Thane city police said on MondayAnother person was injured when a stone was hurled during the incident which took place at around 9 pm on Sunday they saidThe nineday Navratri festival began on SundayPTI reported that some people were carrying the idol in Hanuman Nagar area of Wagle Estate in a procession when a quarrel took place between two groups over the bursting of crackers an official from Srinagar police station said quoting the FIRAt that time someone carelessly burst the crackers which hit the people around Four persons received severe burn injuries and were rushed to a hospital for treatment the official saidBesides a man was injured when someone hurled a stone during the quarrel the police saidAlso read Mumbai Police QRT armourer fires at 2 persons in Thane in robbery attempt arrestedFollowing complaints by the victims offences were registered against 12 unidentified persons under Indian Penal Code sections 143 unlawful assembly 147 rioting 337 causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others and 283 danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation they said No arrest has been made so far the police addedFire in electric meter room of Thane building no casualtyIn a separate incident fire broke out in the electric meter room of a groundplusthreestorey building in Maharashtrarsquos Thane district on Monday civic officials saidNo person was injured in the blaze PTI reportedThe fire erupted at 510 am in the building located in Almas Colony at Kausa in Mumbra area Thane Municipal Corporations disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said Fifteen electric meters in the room located on the ground floor were destroyed in the fire he saidLocal fire personnel and the disaster management cell team members rushed to the spot after being alerted and put out the blaze within halfanhour the official saidThe power supply to the building was cut off as a precautionary measure he said adding a probe was on to ascertain the cause of the fire With inputs from PTI