Thane: Workers of the Shiv Sena and the Shiv Sena (UBT) protested on Thursday after they were prevented from performing 'ghanta naad' (pealing of bells) at Durgadi Fort in Maharashtra's Thane district on the occasion of Ashadhi Ekadashi, an official said.

The 'ghanta naad' was last held at the fort in 1986 under late Shiv Sena leader Anand Dighe and efforts have been on since then to enact it again, though such attempts have been foiled by the police.

"Shiv Sena activists led by Kalyan unit chief Gopal Landge and the UBT faction led by former MLA Rupesh Mhatre tried to perform ghanta naad but were stopped by police," the official said.

The matter is sub-judice, said Landge, while Mhatre said it was unfortunate that they were not getting permission to perform a ritual.

 

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Shahjahanpur (UP) (PTI): Three people were killed and four injured in a collision between a truck and an autorickshaw here on Sunday afternoon, police said.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Saurabh Dixit said the truck was coming from the Jalalabad side and the auto-rickshaw from the opposite direction.

Due to the impact of the collision, Ramkshatriya (28), an unidentified 40-year-old woman and Kallu (45) died on the spot, the SP said.

On receiving information about the accident, police rescued four injured people, who were admitted to the government medical college for treatment. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, Dixit said.

The truck driver fled the scene after the accident and the vehicle has been seized. Efforts are underway to trace the driver, police said.