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Delhi: Car rams into crowd outside mosque in Shahdara; no casualties reported

News Agencies 5 June 2019, 17:05 IST

Delhi: Car rams into crowd outside mosque in Shahdara; no casualties reported

A "rashly driven" car allegedly rammed into a crowd near a mosque in Shahdara in east Delhi when devotees were leaving after Eid prayers on Wednesday, police said.

"No casualty has been reported. A case has been registered and police are trying to nab the driver," Meghna Yadav, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara), said.

According to a senior police officer, the white Honda City car hit several devotees who were coming out of the mosque in Khureji area after performing namaz.

After the incident, agitated people gathered at Khureji Chowk but the the crowd was dispersed swiftly and the situation brought under control, police added.

-PTI

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