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Chamoli: Five people, including a youth from Mohali, were injured after a clash erupted between a group of Sikh pilgrims and locals over a parking dispute near Panch Puliya in Karnprayag, Uttarakhand, exposing the rising intolerance in India where trivial issues quickly spiral into large-scale violence.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, the incident took place on Tuesday morning when Sikh pilgrims on their way to Hemkund Sahib parked their vehicle in front of a local hotel. The argument escalated and the two sides attacked each other with swords and kirpans.<\/p>\n
The injured have been identified as Prakash Rawat (26), Sudarshan Kandari (55), Gajpal Singh (50), Harendra Singh (42), all residents of Karnprayag, and Manpreet Singh (21) of Punjab\u2019s Mohali.<\/p>\n
One of them was said to be in critical condition and referred to a higher medical facility. Following the clash, locals blocked the Badrinath highway for four hours, stranding hundreds of vehicles carrying pilgrims to Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib along with local commuters.<\/p>\n
Traffic was diverted to a holding area in Gauchar to ease congestion.<\/p>\n
The protest was called off after Chamoli District Magistrate Gaurav Kumar and SSP Surjit Singh Panwar intervened, assuring strict action against those responsible. Locals also demanded a ban on sharp-edged weapons during religious pilgrimages. Kumar said safety of both pilgrims and locals was the administration\u2019s top priority and \u201cno form of lawlessness would be tolerated.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Karnprayag clash adds to a growing list of incidents where minor disputes in India turn violent. Besides, a hate campaign has escalated against Sikhs following the clash.<\/p>\n
Similar flare-ups have been reported from Dehradun and other parts of the country, highlighting how communal tensions and intolerance are increasingly turning small confrontations into major law-and-order crises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chamoli: Five people, including a youth from Mohali, were injured after a clash erupted between a group of Sikh pilgrims and locals over a parking dispute near Panch Puliya in Karnprayag, Uttarakhand, exposing the rising intolerance in India where trivial issues quickly spiral into large-scale violence. According to Kashmir Media Service, the incident took place …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":203227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t