The incident is said to have happened in Shivalik Nagar in Haridwar's Ranipura area during the weekly market. The eight accused men gathered in the main market area on the evening of July 21 and offered Namaz in unison, causing disruption to traffic.
The effigy is not real, not an actual person. But while we stare at it, thousands of people are running wild all over India, declaring that they want the real Nupur Sharma hanged, beheaded and brutalised.
Durga Puja pandals and Visarjan processions have been attacked multiple times in various Indian states. Just because they do not happen in Delhi, they have been swept away from the news cycle soon, without the national media discussing it in loud debates.