'Free Palestine' protest during Eid prayers leads to minor altercation with police in Aligarh
Aligarh (UP), Apr 11: A heated exchange took place on Thursday between police and some people attending Eid prayers at an eidgah here who had put up a banner with the slogan "free Palestine", police said.
Policemen posted there objected to the banner causing a minor altercation with the demonstrators but the matter was quickly defused, they said.
"Three or four youths had put up a banner with 'free Palestine' slogans and were making an appeal to raise funds for their drive," Circle officer (City) Abhay Pandey said in an official statement.
Police has secured CCTV footage of the incident, Pandey said.
Delhi Gate police are investigating the matter and appropriate action will be taken on the basis of evidence, he said.
District authorities said Eid was celebrated peacefully in the city. Congregational prayers at the Shahjamal Aligarh Eidgah complex were held amid tight precautionary measures to maintain law and order.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
