Muharram

Faiyaz disguised the poison as painkillers and Ayurvedic supplements, distributing professionally packaged sachets near Rehmatabad Cemetery before one victim’s vomiting prompted doctors to alert police and trigger his later arrest from a Dongri hotel.

From fatal clashes and attacks on police to weapons displays and public disorder, Muharram processions across several states witnessed multiple incidents of violence and controversy.

The mob started pelting the ambulance with stones and striking it with sticks, questioning the use of the siren during the Muharram procession

Angry members of the Hindu community demonstrated at the police station, insisting on action against the accused.

The violence of the Muslim mobs during Muharram has spared no one, affecting Hindus, their families and even policemen.

Hindu villagers in Yadgir clean Ashurkhanas and organise six-day Muharram festivities with devotion, as tension brews in Shivamogga following the desecration of Ganesha and Naagara idols in a government-designated park.