One of those detained allegedly threw a petrol bomb at police officers from the third floor of a nearby home approximetly an hour after the altercation started.
- On Diwali, members of two communities clashed over the bursting of firecrackers in a neighbourhood in Gujarat’s Vadodara city.
- An official said on Tuesday that police detained 19 people from both sides.
- Security was deployed in the area following the incident, and the situation was brought under control.
On Diwali, members of two communities clashed over the bursting of firecrackers in a locality in Gujarat’s Vadodara city, prompting police to detain 19 people from both sides, according to an official.
The fight started around 12.45 a.m. on Tuesday in the communally sensitive Panigate area.
Among those detained was a person who allegedly threw a petrol bomb at policemen from the third floor of this house in the neighbourhood nearly an hour after the clash began, according to Vadodara Deputy Commissioner of Police Yashpal Jaganiya.
He said no one was hurt in the fight, but a motorcycle parked nearby caught fire after a rocket firecracker fell on it.
“People from two communities pelted stones at each other following an issue over the bursting of firecrackers and hurling rocket bombs at each other,” the official said.
Security was deployed in the area following the incident, and the situation was under control, he said.
He added that suspects from both communities were being apprehended.