Koppal: Police have arrested five individuals in connection with a stabbing that occurred during the Ganesha idol immersion procession in Gangavati on Wednesday.

The accused have been identified as Durga Manikantha (24), N. Jambanna (25), Abbas Ali (19), Dharma (26), and a juvenile. All are residents of Gundamma Camp, Gangavati.

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Police ave registered a case against a total of 20 individuals involved in the incident. So far, five have been taken into custody, and a search is underway to arrest the remaining suspects. The injured victims were rushed to a hospital for treatment.

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Kanker (PTI): Six members of a family were killed and three others seriously injured after two cars collided on National Highway-30 in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Friday.

The accident occurred late Thursday night near Nathia Navagaon village under Kanker Kotwali police station limits, a senior police official said.

Citing preliminary information, he said seven members of the Mandavi family from Udkuda village in the Charama area were returning from a wedding in Chivaraj village when their car collided with a vehicle coming from the opposite direction.

The impact left both vehicles badly mangled.

Six persons, including three women, a child and two men, died on the spot in one car, while another passenger was seriously injured, he said. Two persons in the other car also suffered grievous injuries.

On being alerted about it, Superintendent of Police Nikhil Rakhecha and other police officials rushed to the spot.

The injured were shifted to the Kanker Medical College hospital, he said.

Police said further investigation into the incident is underway.