Six people, including two women, have been arrested for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans during a ‘jagran’, a programme dedicated to Goddess Durga, at a village in this district, police said on Wednesday.

A 15-year-old girl has also been detained in the incident which took place on Monday in Chauri village under the Parshurampur police station area, they said.

According to a complaint lodged by village head Ashish, the ‘jagran’ was being held on Monday evening when the girl came on the stage where idols of gods and goddesses were kept and started raising anti-India slogans.

“At around 11 pm, under a planned way, the girl (daughter of Suggan Ali) climbed the stage, threw a black cloth towards the idols, and started chanting slogans ‘Islam zindabad’, ‘Pakistan zindabad’ and ‘Hindustan murdabad’. Her sister Sahiba and three brothers supported her. Her father Suggan Ali, mother Sahabuddin Nisha, along with Mohd Shami and Mohd Zakir Ali, also supported her,” Ashish alleged in his complaint.

He further said that this act hurt the sentiments of the people who had gathered for the ‘jagran’ event. “When they were asked not to indulge in such acts, they threatened the Hindu community of dire consequences and also of riot,” the village head said.

Based on the complaint, police registered a case on Tuesday against the girl, her sister Sahiba (18), three brothers including Arman (19), parents Suggan Ali (48) and Sahabuddin Nisha (42), and Mohd Shami (55) and Mohd Zakir Ali (50) under sections 153B (imputation, assertions prejudicial to national-integration) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC, Basti Additional Superintendent of Police Deependra Nath Chaudhary said.

Police have detained the girl, while her two minor brothers aged 10 and 8 years were let off, he said, adding her parents, one sister, one brother and two others have been arrested.

Mr Chaudhary said that the CCTV footage of the programme is being examined, and a police team has been formed to probe the incident.

He added that a PAC unit has been deployed in the village.

A lawmaker from Britain’s ruling Conservative Party was suspended from parliament on Wednesday for six weeks for bullying and sexual misconduct against a staff member.

The sanctioning of Peter Bone is likely to trigger another by-election, which could spell more doom for the Tories who are lagging behind Labour in opinion polls ahead of a general election expected next year.

Bone was found to have “committed many varied acts of bullying and one act of sexual misconduct” against the staff member in 2012 and 2013.

He allegedly indecently exposed himself to the complainant in the bathroom of a hotel room during a work trip to Madrid.

Bone denies the allegations but was kicked out of the Tory party last week and now sits as an independent MP in his constituency of Wellingborough in Central England.

He retained the seat at the last general election in 2019 with a majority of 18,540.

The opposition Labour Party currently hold double-digit leads over the Conservatives in surveys ahead of a general election that must be held by January 2025 at the latest.

Labour snatched two previously safe seats from the Conservatives in by-elections last week, fueling hopes of a return to power after nearly 14 years in opposition.

In Mid Bedfordshire, a Conservative-held seat for almost a century, Labour overturned a majority of nearly 25,000 — the biggest by-election swing since 1945.

The Tories also lost the seat of Tamworth, the vote of which was triggered when sitting MP Chris Pincher was forced to quit after being found to have groped two men in an “egregious case of sexual misconduct”.

A 20-year-old youth died in a stampede during a ‘Ravana Dahan’ ceremony here in Manesar area, police said on Wednesday.

The stampede happened around 6.30 pm on Tuesday when an unknown youth set fire to sky-shot crackers in the middle of the market where ‘Ravana Dahan’ was being held on the occasion of Dussehra, they said.

The ‘Ravana Dahan’ was organised by the Market Association in Manesar Sector 1 Market.

Bihar resident Piyush Kumar (20) who was present in the crowd fell and got injured. He was taken to the hospital but he died during treatment, police said.

ACP Manesar Surendra Singh said that the family members of Mr Kumar have been informed. The ACP said that the real cause of death would be clear after the post-mortem examination. Further action will be taken based on the family’s complaint, he said.