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A centuries-old annual tradition of stoning has left a bloody trail yet again, with over 200 people sustaining injuries, four of them seriously, during the fair that is organised in memory of a lover couple near Pandura in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh.
...Though the district administration claimed it had managed to contain injuries by urging the villagers to use rubber balls instead of stones, locals said that after initially using the balls, the villagers resorted to pelting stones. What is shocking is that the district administration arranges for these stones.
* Ray, 8/31/2003 04:36:11 PM
