Overview

• Indore Police filed an FIR under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 299 against Chandranath Pal, Ratanlal Pal and Raju Pal for allegedly creating objectionable Ganesh idols in avant-garde designs.
• Social media videos showed Bajrang Dal activists blackening the three artisans’ faces outside Khajrana police station following their complaint.
• Authorities have convened meetings with over 50 local idol makers to outline conduct guidelines and defuse tensions ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi.
• Law enforcement officers are verifying identification documents and police clearances for all local sculptors and have initiated bond-over proceedings for the accused.
• Customers from Dewas district who commissioned the contested idols—one showing Ganesh on a ramp and another lifting a woman—canceled their orders after the Bajrang Dal objection.