Overview

• Two unidentified people set the effigy on fire around 6 a.m. in Bagh Mugalia, Bhopal, in an incident captured in a viral video.
• Witnesses said a man and a woman, reportedly intoxicated, fled in a red car that lacked a registration plate after igniting the structure.
• A complaint was submitted at Misrod police station and Assistant Commissioner of Police Rajnish Kashyap said no FIR has been registered yet.
• Organisers and ward corporator Jitendra Shukla said they provided video footage to police and ordered a replacement effigy.
• The Atal Dussehra Utsav Committee had installed large effigies of Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Meghnada at Misrod Ground the previous night.