Individuals have a good time after India gained the ICC Champions Trophy after defeating New Zealand within the finals, in Ahmedabad, India, on March 9, 2025. — Reuters
NEW DELHI: At the very least 4 individuals have been injured within the central Indian city of Dr Ambedkar Nagar on Sunday in clashes that erupted when revellers celebrating India’s Champions Trophy win lit firecrackers exterior a mosque, officers stated.
India gained the Champions Trophy title on Sunday night after beating New Zealand by 4 wickets within the last in Dubai, claiming its second successive international title.
The clashes in Dr Ambedkar Nagar, earlier generally known as Mhow, concerned stone pelting from each side, officers stated, and several other automobiles, outlets, and bikes have been additionally vandalised and torched.
The city is positioned about 200 km (124 miles) from Madhya Pradesh state’s capital Bhopal.
“Some processions were being taken out in which some people lit firecrackers outside the masjid (mosque), after which there was a disagreement between both sides,” senior police officer Hitika Vasal advised reporters.
Police used tear fuel shells to quell the violence, native media reported.
Video footage confirmed abandoned lanes with police personnel in riot gear, as some automobiles with shattered home windows and others blackened because of being torched stood by the aspect.
The footage additionally confirmed glass shards on the street and outlets that had been vandalised.
“The situation is currently under control,” one other senior police officer, Nimish Agarwal, advised reporters, including that police patrols had been began in delicate areas.
Hindu-majority India homes the world’s third-largest Muslim inhabitants and clashes throughout celebrations of cricketing victories aren’t unusual.
Police within the western state of Maharashtra needed to equally use power to regulate crowds celebrating India’s win over arch-rival Pakistan in the identical event final month, native media had reported.
Activists, opposition teams, and a few governments have accused the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led federal authorities of discriminating towards Muslims, and failing to behave towards these concentrating on them.
Modi and his authorities have denied the allegations.
