Jaipur: Over 20 people, including a dozen policemen, were injured in the Rajasthan capital following a violent clash between two communities yesterday, officials said.
People hurled stones at policemen trying to control the situation, torched a factory and damaged over a dozen cars.
A police officer said the clash started over a dispute over parking in the city’s Sanganer area.
“Some people from two communities got into a verbal fight. Soon, hundreds of people from both sides started gathering. After pelting stones at houses, some groups of people went on the rampage and torched a factory. They smashed the windows of several cars,” said the officer.
In the stone pelting, Jaipur’s acting Commissioner of Police, Biju George Joseph, an additional deputy commissioner of police and an assistant commissioner of police sustained injuries.
“Police had to resort to mild baton-charging. Over 500 policemen have been deployed in the area to restore law and order,” the officer said.
IANS
