Gujarat’s Bharuch city on Tuesday witnessed a violent clash between members of two religious communities over the issue of installation of religious flags in a locality. Two persons were injured.
Seventeen persons have been detained in connection with the incident which took place on Tuesday night in Gokul Nagar area. The police rushed to spot and dispersed the rioters. The situation is currently under control, an official said.
People from the two sides gathered in large numbers and then hurled stones at each other, which left two persons injured and caused damage to some vehicles parked there, said Bharuch Superintendent of Police Mayur Chavda.
Police have registered an FIR and detained 17 persons belonging to another community, who were involved in the violence.
Gokul Nagar is a mixed population locality and the situation became tense after some members of a community started putting up religious flags and banners in the area at night in view of the upcoming Eid-e-Milad, according to sources.
“We have registered an FIR against 20 persons for engaging in violence and detained 17 of them for further investigation. The situation is under control at present,” Chavda said.
A similar incident took place on Sunday in Gujarat’s Surat city where a violent clash broke out after some persons pelted stones at a Lord Ganesh pandal. Police later arrested 27 persons and detained six minors.
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