NE NEWS SERVICE
VADODARA, OCT 25
Communal clashes in Vadodara over the bursting of firecrackers in a locality on Diwali following which police detained 19 people from the two sides, an official said on Tuesday.
The clash broke out at around 12.45 am on Tuesday in the communally sensitive Panigate locality.
Addressing the local media, Vadodara Deputy Commissioner of Police, Yaspal Jaganiya said: “The exact reason for the violence is yet to be ascertained. The moment police learnt of the incident, personnel from across the city were moved to the spot and the situation was brought under control. A petrol bomb was hurled at the police from the terrace of A house, one person is held in this regard.”
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Those detained included a person who allegedly hurled a petrol bomb at policemen from the third floor of this house in the locality nearly an hour after the clash broke out.
No one was injured in the clash, he said, adding that a motorcycle parked in the area caught fire after a rocket firecracker fell on it.
“Following an issue over the bursting of firecrackers and hurling rocket bombs at each other, people from two communities pelted stones at each other,” the official said.
After the incident, security was deployed in the area and the situation was under control, he said.
Suspects from both communities were being rounded up, he added.
