400 injured during traditional 'stone-pelting' festival

400 injured during traditional stone-pelting festival
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Over 400 people were injured, 12 of them seriously, during the annual `Gotmaar' (stone-pelting) festival in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, police said.

Chhindwara (MP) : Over 400 people were injured, 12 of them seriously, during the annual `Gotmaar' (stone-pelting) festival in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, police said.

The seriously injured ones were admitted to the government hospital at Pandhurna, District Superintendent of Police Manoj Rai said.

Two persons received eye injuries, he added. The administration had deployed about 800 police personnel and a team of doctors at the spot alongwith drone cameras, he said.

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