{
  "id": 14514171,
  "title": "Congress Workers Burn CM Mohan Yadav's Effigy In MP's Aalirajpur, 11 Face FIR",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/congress-workers-burn-cm-mohan-yadavs-effigy-in-mps-aalirajpur-11",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T18:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/congress-workers-burn-cm-mohan-yadavs-effigy-in-mps-aalirajpur-11-face-fir"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Tuesday, Congress workers in Aalirajpur, Madhya Pradesh, burned an effigy of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav at the Cinema Talkies intersection without obtaining prior permission. This action, which police termed illegal, resulted in a scuffle when officers tried to suppress the flames and remove the effigy.\n\nEleven individuals, including former district Congress president Mahesh Patel, municipal council vice-president Sabir Baba, and others, have been named in an FIR filed by the Kotwali police under Section 223(B) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).\n\nThe FIR accuses the accused of bringing the effigy in a vehicle and setting it ablaze at the intersection on Tuesday without authorization. Police spokesperson SP Raghuvansh Singh Bhadauria stated that the act was entirely unlawful.\n\nDespite facing the legal consequences, Mahesh Patel vowed to not be deterred by the FIR. The Congress district committee has also announced plans to burn a 10-headed effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Ravana on October 17.",
  "summary": "Aalirajpur (Madhya Pradesh): An FIR was filed against 11 people on Wednesday after Congress workers allegedly burnt an effigy of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav at the Cinema Talkies intersection in Aalirajpur on Tuesday without prior permission, police said. Congress workers led by Mahesh Patel had gathered at the intersection with party flags and burnt the effigy on the road. Police personnel…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}