An 80-foot burning effigy of Ravana fell on the ground during Ravana Dahan in Haryana’s Yamunanagar on Wednesday. The police officials said the major accident was averted and no one was injured in the incident.

The video of the incident is doing rounds on the internet in which it can be seen that people were standing close to the nearly-burnt effigy of Ravana when it started falling. Yamunanagar Superintendent of Police Mohit Handa said people were trying to go near the burning effigy but the officials deployed on the ground managed to push them back.

Yamunanagar Inspector Kamaljeet Singh said no one was injured during the event. Referring to the viral video, SP said it might look like the burning effigy fell on some people, but it was not the case as all arrangements were perfectly made on the Dussehra ground.

The officials said the Dussehra celebrations ended at other places too without any untoward incidents, and no one was injured during the Ravana Dahan.

Dussehra is a Hindu festival celebrated every year in India at the end of Navratri in the Ashvin month of the Hindu calendar to mark the victory of good over evil. The effigies of Ravana, his brother Kumbhkaran, and his son Meghnad are burnt to mark this occasion.

In another incident, fireworks from Ravana’s effigy landed in a barricaded crowd area in UP’s Muzaffarnagar. The panic increased when a bull entered the field after the explosions had subsided. Soon after, authorities removed the animal.

In another horrific incident, eight people drowned and several others are missing after flash floods hit the Mal River in Jalpaiguri in West Bengal on Wednesday night during Visarjan.

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