Jalaun (UP), Oct 19 Twenty devotees, including women and children, were injured after the tractor-trolley in which they were going for ‘jawara visarjan’ overturned here on Monday, police said.
‘Jawara visarjan’ is the ritual immersion of germinated barley or other sacred grains, worshipped during Navratri, in a river, pond or other water body on the concluding day of the festival.
The accident occurred on a kutcha road between Sadhupur and Kanasi villages in the Konch police station area when the driver lost control of the tractor-trolley, Circle Officer Parmeshwar Prasad said.
He said 20 people were injured in the incident. Four of them sustained critical injuries.
The devotees, belonging to the family of Gaya Prasad Jatav of Kailia Khurd village, were travelling to temples in the Kotara area, including the Akshara Devi temple, to immerse offerings after nine days of Navratri, he said.
A large number of women and children were travelling in the tractor-trolley when it overturned, he added.
Police and administrative teams rushed to the spot after receiving information about the accident. The injured were taken to the Community Health Centre in Konch in ambulances and other vehicles.
Sub-Divisional Magistrate Abhinav Kumar also reached the spot to take stock of the situation.
(PTI News)
