KOLHAPUR: The Satara police have registered an FIR against 104 people and arrested 84 of them for organising and participating in the Bagaad Yatra — the famous annual fair held on the occasion of Ranga Panchami at Bavdhan in Wai taluka of the district.
Several rounds of discussions related to the annual fair were held between the district administration authorities and villagers.
The authorities had tried to convince the villagers to only conduct rituals instead of taking out the procession that involves tying a chosen man to a wooden or metal pulley which is then carried to the Kashinath temple by devotees.
Last year, too, the yatra was called off, but the procession was taken out anyway, forcing the police to file an FIR against the organisers of the procession. The police have also seized the Bagaad, tractor and bullock cart used in the procession.