Summary:
Seven people drowned in Kheda of which the bodies of five were recorded while two people died due to drowning in Chhota Udepur. Angered, the driver stabbed six people. Seven people across the state were reported to have died due to drowning while two were still missing during the immersion procession in Kheda and Chhota Udepur. Surat police officials said the incident occured when a procession was on its way for Ganesh immersion and a car driver honked at the crowd to make way. "When they did not give way a war of words erupted between the driver and some people in the procession..