Moga District

The Shivamogga district administration has clamped prohibitory orders in the Ragi Gudda area here, where tension prevailed following alleged incidents of stone pelting on Sunday (October 1), police officials said. According to police sources, an angry mob is said to have thrown stones at a few houses and vehicles, and injuring several people, allegedly following the rumours of stone pelting in the region.

In Punjab's Moga, 50 protesting farmers and at least seven policemen got injured as a scuffle broke out between them when farmers tried to disrupt the SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal's yatra on September 2. Reportedly, police used batons and water cannons to disperse the protesters and also detained about 40 farmers under various sections of the IPC. However, Badal said the protesters were members of Congress and AAP.

In a tragic accident, a Squadron Leader in the Indian Air Force, Abhinav Choudhary, lost his life on May 20 after his MiG-21 fighter jet crashed in the fields of Punjab's Moga district. As per sources, the pilot was flying back to Suratgarh after finishing a training drill in Ludhiana district when the crash occurred. Meanwhile, the IAF stated an inquiry has been ordered to find the accident's cause.