The clash broke out at around 12.45 am…
Vadodara: On Tuesday, 25 October 2022, Members of two communities clashed over the bursting of firecrackers in a locality in Gujarat's Vadodara city on Diwali following which police detained 19 people from the two sides, an official said.
On Tuesday night, the clash broke out at around 12.45 am in the communally sensitive Panigate locality.
Those detained included a person who allegedly hurled a petrol bomb at policemen from the third floor of his house in the locality nearly few hours after the clash broke out, Vadodara Deputy Commissioner of Police Yashpal Jaganiya told PTI.
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.
"Stones were pelted at each other in a clash between two communities on the late night of Monday in Vadodara`s Panigate area.
Many vehicles were set on fire and shops were also vandalized," the DCP said. He further said that the Vadodara Police and top officials reached the spot and made efforts to control the situation.
Suspects from both communities were being rounded up, he added.
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