A member of a religious procession died while four others were injured on Saturday allegedly they were hit by an unidentified state transport bus on a road in Greater Noida.
The district administration suspended a patwari (local revenue officer) and panchayat secretary, while a police official was also line-attached (removed from field duty), other officials said.
In a video that went viral on social media platforms on Thursday, around 100 men and women, many without masks, were seen participating in a procession in the village.