Lucknow, Aug. 4 -- With Kanwar Yatra in full swing and multiple camps across Northern India fully set up, the streets of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Delhi are ready to be filled with devotees dressed in saffron. However, amid the ongoing yatra, multiple incidents of violence and disruption were reported, including an attack by a group of Kanwariyas on a school van carrying children.

A van carrying primary school students was reportedly attacked in Lucknow by a group of men who were part of the Kanwar Yatra. The incident took place on Monday, August 3, in the Chowk Police Station jurisdiction, with eyewitnesses claiming that most of the students inside the van were from the Muslim community.

Lucknow police were quick to rel...