Bhubaneswar: At least 14 people were killed in separate accidents during Holi in Odisha, police said yesterday, a day after the festival of colours was celebrated.
While 10 people were killed in state capital Bhubaneswar, the remaining deaths were reported from other parts of the state, a senior police official said.
At least five people, believed to be drunk, drowned while bathing in an accident-prone stretch of the Bhargabi river in Bhubaneswar’s Balakati area, police said.
Five more deaths by drowning, one each from the city’s Mancheswar, Nayapalli, Cuttack Road, Station Bazar and Tankapani Road areas, were reported on Holi.
According to police, two people were killed in Kendrapara district and one each in Nayagarh and Ganjam districts.
In Bihar, two people were killed and over two dozen injured in clashes over playing of lewd Bhojpuri Holi songs, police said.
A 35-year-old was shot dead in a village in Sheikhpura district after he protested playing of vulgar Bhojpuri Holi songs on Thursday. In another incident, a youth was shot dead in a village in Sitamarhi district when he questioned playing of lewd Bhojpuri Holi songs.
IANS
