UP-based lawyer seeks ban on burning of Ravana effigies
Omveer Saraswat, a lawyer based in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura, has petitioned the President and the Prime Minister seeking a ban on the burning of Ravana effigies on Dussehra. According to Saraswat, the king of Lanka in the Ramayana was a Saraswat Brahmin and the burning of his effigies was an insult to the community and others who worship him.