UP Panchayat polls: 12 injured in clash in Muzaffarnagar

MUZAFFARNAGAR: At least 12 people including a police constable and a Home Guard jawan were injured in a clash between two groups in Manet village here during the first phase of polling for panchayats, police said.

The incident occurred yesterday when some people confronted an alleged fake voter at a polling booth in the village following which the situation turned violent, they said.

The argument snowballed into a group clash and stone pelting which left police constable Nishant, Home Guard jawan Ishver Singh, and 10 others injured, police said.

A case has been registered and six persons arrested in this connection, they said.

All the injured persons have been shifted to a hospital.