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Riots erupt in Surat city after four teenagers stone-pelt Ganesh idol, 27 detained for stone-pelting near police station | Ahmedabad News

A day after the Ganesh Chaturthi festival began, Surat city witnessed riots in old wall city areas, after four teenagers allegedly pelted stones to damage a Ganesh idol and allegedly injured a man. The damage allegedly led to people stone-pelting and setting parked vehicles on fire near the Saiyedpura police station, where a huge mob gathered, chanting slogans to demand the arrest of the accused. Police resorted to lathi-charging to control the mob near the station. Police apprehended the four as well as two other accused teenagers and detained around 27 persons allegedly involved in the stone-pelting, according to police officials and a social media statement on Monday morning by Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi. Sanghavi, Surat North BJP MLA Kanti Balar, Surat Mayor Daxesh Mavani and Surat police commissioner Anupam Singh Gahlaut had reached both the station and the pandal on Sunday night, when the incidents happened. Addressing the mob at the station, Sanghavi said that nobody would be spared and the perpetrators would be caught and dealt with strictly. In a …