The Hindu : 10 revellers killed

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10 revellers killed

NEW DELHI, MARCH 7. Ten revellers were killed and at least 210 injured in road accidents due to drunken driving and communal clashes in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan even as Holi, the festival of colours, was celebrated across the country with traditional fervour.

Curfew was imposed in Darvha town of Maharashtra's Yavatmal district as members of two communities resorted to stone throwing, leaving 16 persons injured.

Two teenagers playing Holi near a lake in Mumbai were drowned.

In Uttar Pradesh, an advocate was killed at a village in Jaunpur district in a clash triggered by a quarrel over the garbage spilling out of a broken Holi matka (earthen pitcher).

At least 24 persons were injured when communal clashes erupted in the Sikandrabad locality of Allahabad when members of a particular community objected to the revellers' movement through a particular lane.

The two groups pelted stones at each other damaging several shops and vehicles.

In Bareilly, the situation remained peaceful today and the Holi festivities ended peacefully.

Twenty persons were injured in a communal clash sparked by a dispute over taking out of a Holi procession on Saturday, police said.

"Holi festivities ended on a peaceful note," the Senior Superintendent of Police, S.A. Rizvi, said.

— PTI

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