Mumbai tense after clashes between two groups
Tension prevailed in communally sensitive Bhindi Bazaar locality of South Mumbai after Shiv Sena activists clashed with people from minority community in the area, police said.
By PTI |
MUMBAI: Tension prevailed in communally sensitive Bhindi Bazaar locality of South Mumbai after Shiv Sena activists clashed with people from minority community in the area, police said.
The clashes erupted late last night following an altercation between the two groups over the pasting of a poster, they said.
The friction led to stone pelting by both sides. Police resorted to mild lathi charge to disperse the crowd, they said.
There was no official confirmation about the number of people injured in the stone pelting.
The incident occurred after a Shiv Sena corporator pasted a poster wishing people on the occasion of Marathi New Year Gudi Padwa next to that of a minority community leader.
This act infuriated people from the minority community who allegedly tore the poster put up by the corporator, they said.
An angry group of Sena activists then clashed with those from the minority community over the issue, they said.
The situation is completely under control and additional forces have been rushed to the spot to prevent any untoward incident, a senior police officer said.
Senior police officers are at the spot while there was no immediate word on how many people have been picked up.
The clashes erupted late last night following an altercation between the two groups over the pasting of a poster, they said.
The friction led to stone pelting by both sides. Police resorted to mild lathi charge to disperse the crowd, they said.
There was no official confirmation about the number of people injured in the stone pelting.
The incident occurred after a Shiv Sena corporator pasted a poster wishing people on the occasion of Marathi New Year Gudi Padwa next to that of a minority community leader.
This act infuriated people from the minority community who allegedly tore the poster put up by the corporator, they said.
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An angry group of Sena activists then clashed with those from the minority community over the issue, they said.
The situation is completely under control and additional forces have been rushed to the spot to prevent any untoward incident, a senior police officer said.
Senior police officers are at the spot while there was no immediate word on how many people have been picked up.
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