Communal Clash In Gujarat's Vadodara On Diwali, 19 Detained: Cops

Tuesday, 25 October 2022newsdesk

Members of two communities clashed over the bursting of firecrackers in a locality in Gujarat's Vadodara city on Diwali following which police detained 19 people from the two sides, an official said on Tuesday.

New Delhi 25 October 2022

As per news report of NDTV, The clash broke out at around 12.45 am on Tuesday in the communally sensitive Panigate locality. Those detained included a person who allegedly hurled a petrol bomb at policemen from the third floor of this house in the locality nearly an hour after the clash broke out, Vadodara Deputy Commissioner of Police Yashpal Jaganiya told PTI. No one was injured in the clash, he said, adding that a motorcycle parked in the area caught fire after a rocket firecracker fell on it. "Following an issue over the bursting of firecrackers and hurling rocket bombs at each other, people from two communities pelted stones at each other," the official said.

Source - NDTV