NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 8, 2004: Communal clashes and accidents marred Holi celebrations across the country, leaving nearly 10 persons dead and at least 210 injured. Curfew was imposed in Darvha town of Maharashtra’s Yavatmal district as members of two communities pelted stones at each other after some people accidentally splashed color on a mosque. Sixteen people were wounded in the clash. At least 24 were injured in Allahabad’s Sikandrabad locality in a clash that erupted after a group of Holi revellers tried to pass through a lane despite objections by residents of another community. The groups hurled stones at each other, damaging several shops and vehicles.
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