<p>An FIR has been registered against 18 people for allegedly tampering with the national flag during the Muharram procession in Jharkhand’s Palamu district, a police officer said on Sunday.</p>.<p>The incident took place under Chainpur police station area, some 175 kilometres from state capital Ranchi, on Friday evening when a procession went through localities such as Shahpur, Kalyanpur and Kankari as part of the mourning festival.</p>.<p>Additional superintendent of police (SP) Rishav Garg said that DJs were played and a “national flag” was waved during the procession. After a video showing the alleged tampering with the flag went viral, the police looked into the issue.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/police-intervene-as-kanwariyas-came-face-to-face-with-muharram-mourners-in-up-1242072.html">Police intervene as kanwariyas came face-to-face with Muharram mourners in UP</a></strong></p>.<p>The colours of it were the same as in the national flag, but the Ashoka Chakra was missing, he said.</p>.<p>“In place of the Ashoka Chakra, some words in Urdu were written and there was a sword mark at the bottom. An FIR has been registered under the Preventions of Insults to National Honour Act against 18 people including 13 named people,” Garg said.</p>.<p>Chainpur police station in-charge Rupesh Kumar Dubey said raids are being conducted to nab the accused in the case.</p>
<p>An FIR has been registered against 18 people for allegedly tampering with the national flag during the Muharram procession in Jharkhand’s Palamu district, a police officer said on Sunday.</p>.<p>The incident took place under Chainpur police station area, some 175 kilometres from state capital Ranchi, on Friday evening when a procession went through localities such as Shahpur, Kalyanpur and Kankari as part of the mourning festival.</p>.<p>Additional superintendent of police (SP) Rishav Garg said that DJs were played and a “national flag” was waved during the procession. After a video showing the alleged tampering with the flag went viral, the police looked into the issue.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/police-intervene-as-kanwariyas-came-face-to-face-with-muharram-mourners-in-up-1242072.html">Police intervene as kanwariyas came face-to-face with Muharram mourners in UP</a></strong></p>.<p>The colours of it were the same as in the national flag, but the Ashoka Chakra was missing, he said.</p>.<p>“In place of the Ashoka Chakra, some words in Urdu were written and there was a sword mark at the bottom. An FIR has been registered under the Preventions of Insults to National Honour Act against 18 people including 13 named people,” Garg said.</p>.<p>Chainpur police station in-charge Rupesh Kumar Dubey said raids are being conducted to nab the accused in the case.</p>