Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 30 (ANI): Four members of a family in Pune were injured after allegedly beaten by a mob for objecting to loud music playing on a DJ set up while it was passing through outside their house during Ganesh idol immersion, police said on Friday. 

Police said that the family objected to the loud music as they were mourning the death of a member.  

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"On September 25 while a Ganapati Immersion procession passing through near Somatne Phata in Shinde Vasti, a local resident Sunil Shinde requested the Ganpati Mandal not to play DJ music while passing through their home as they were mourning the death of his 16-year-old son who died just 9 days ago," police said. 

"After objecting to the music a small scuffle broke out between the Ganpati Mandal and some members of the family but they stopped the music and moved ahead for immersion. Later at around 11 PM while returning from the immersion site to take revenge some members of Ganpati Mandal came back and started beating victim Sunil Shinde and other family members using iron rods. All have them received injuries in the incident," the official added. 

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Police said that a total of 21 people have been arrested and their custody has been granted by the court till October 1.

"After receiving the complaint from the victims we registered the case and arrested 21 people including two women and various sections of IPC and produced all of them before the court. Court had granted police custody till 1 October," police said. 

Police have registered a case under sections 307,323 of IPC along with the Maharashtra Police Act and Arms Act.

Further investigation is underway. (ANI)

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