“UP Kanwar Yatra Incident: Mohd Shehzad spits on woman carrying Kanwar, arrested amid tight security in Muzaffarnagar”, Organiser , July 9, 2025:
“In a disturbing incident that sparked communal tension during the ongoing Kanwar Yatra, a man was arrested on July 7 in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district for allegedly spitting on a ‘kanwar’ being carried by a woman pilgrim.
The ‘kanwar’ is a sacred bamboo structure adorned by Shiva devotees as they undertake the annual pilgrimage to carry holy water from the Ganga to offer at Shiva temples.
The incident occurred in the Jansath area of Muzaffarnagar, a region currently bustling with Kanwar Yatra pilgrims…….”
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