NEW DELHI, April 3 -- Hanuman Jayanti processions across the Capital passed off smoothly on Thursday, including in Uttam Nagar, where a 26-year-old Hindu man was killed by a Muslim family last month leading to weeks of communal tension, and in Jahangirpuri, where communal clashes broke out in 2022.

Minor intervention was reported in Jahangirpuri's E-Block, where around 20 people were removed by police while attempting to enter a restricted area, according to police.

In Uttam Nagar, the procession began barely 10 metres away from the house of Tarun Bhutolia, who was killed on Holi by members of a Muslim living in an adjacent street. Bhutolia's photograph, adorned with garlands, was placed in front of a Hanuman statue. "We are paying trib...