The violence erupted after a youth from the village died after his motorcycle collided with a tractor-trolley, hours after he tried to stop a high-pitched DJ being played in a village house
Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami made the remark when asked about the demands of seers in Haridwar to prohibit the entry of non-Hindus to Char Dham shrines. The Char Dham shrines include the Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath and the annual yatra attracts lakhs of pilgrims.