13 people have been detained so far!
On Monday night, Tension prevailed in Gujarat's Vadodara after members of two communities clashed and threw stones at each other when a procession carrying an idol of Lord Ganesh was passing through a sensitive locality.
Police force deployed in the area to bring the law and order situation under control and the idol was taken to the pandal peacefully.
Meanwhile, an FIR was registered at Vadodara city police station against members of both sides on charges of rioting and unlawful assembly, police said.
The police have detained 13 people in connection with the clash which broke out late Monday night, news agency PTI reported.
No one was injured in the stone pelting.
The FIR was registered under various Indian Penal Code Sections including 143 (unlawful assembly), 147 (rioting), 336 (rash act endangering human life or personal safety), 295 (defiling place of worship), the official said.
The members of the two communities pelted each other with stones after an argument broke out between them over some issue when the Ganesh procession was passing through Panigate Darwaza in the communally sensitive Mandvi locality at around 11.15 pm, a city police official said.
“People from the two communities started arguing with each other. The matter escalated with members from both the groups hurling stones at each other. During this, a glass on the main gate of a mosque got broken,” the official said.
Joint Commissioner of Police Chirag Koradia told reporters that the situation is under control and peaceful and the crime branch is carrying out further investigation into the incident.
Police have appealed to not to pay attention to any kind of rumours.
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