Seven injured in cracker burst during temple festival

June 20, 2022 07:23 pm | Updated 07:23 pm IST - TIRUCHI

Seven persons, including a 13-year-old girl, were injured when crackers were burst during a procession of a deity that was organised in connection with a temple festival of Sri Mariamman at Kallipatti village near Manapparai in the early hours of Monday. 

Seven persons sustained injuries. A 13-year-old girl, Kavya, suffered injury in the leg and was admitted to the Government Hospital at Manapparai. The six others underwent treatment as out-patients and left, said police sources.

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