Martyr's day: Hindu Mahasabha leader fires at Gandhi's effigy, celebrates
Aligarh, Jan.30: While the entire nation pay homage to father of nation Mahatma Gandhi a woman leader of Hindu Mahasabha celebrated the occasion by firing at Gandhi's effigy.
The shocking incident took place in Aligarh on Wednesday. National secretary of Hindu Mahasabha Pooja Shakun is the lady in the question.
While celebrating the killing of Gandhi by Nathuram Godse, Shakun apparently fired at Gandhi's effigy. The effigy was made to spill blood as soon as the lady fire at it, a report said. She used toy gun for this purpose report stated.
She then garlanded the statue of Nathuram Godse and distributed sweets to supporters.
While the entire nation observes the death anniversary of Gandhiji as martyr's day, Hindu Mahasabha celebrates it as Shaurya Divas.
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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).
