Overview
- A group of devotees, mostly women, forced open the locked main gate of Nagela lake in Gala Nagar after finding the site closed when they arrived to perform Chhath Puja on Saturday evening.
- Personnel from Achole Police Station reached the spot and brought the situation under control, according to police statements reported by multiple outlets.
- Videos of the lock being broken and devotees entering the lake premises went viral on social media and drove wider attention to the incident.
- Local authorities had prohibited Chhath Puja at the Nagela lake and locked the entrance to enforce the ban, but initial reports did not include the reasons for that decision.
- Police say no formal complaint has been filed and no case has been registered so far, and the episode highlights local tensions over access to traditional waterbody worship sites that officials and civic bodies may now need to address.