A spate of violence has marked the Kanwar Yatra in Uttar Pradesh, with incidents of assault flaring up along the route, and no arrests in most cases.
In the latest incident, a Muslim family faced the ire of angry kanwariyas on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway as their car was stopped and vandalised for allegedly “breaking a kanwar”. The kanwar is a bamboo pole carried by the kanwariyas or devotees with two containers filled with holy water dangling from the opposite ends. In the July 26 incident, the family fled to safety while their car was vandalised.
