Groups clash turns into communal flare-up of sorts in Kalol town of Gujarat

Gandhinagar:

A clash between two groups today turned in to a communal flare-up of sorts in Kalol town of Gandhinagar district and police had to resort to lobbing of tear gas shells and baton charge to disperse the unruly mob.

At least two vehicles were allegedly damaged by a mob of Muslim community on the highway near Sindbad hotel while and a group of Hindus in retaliation attacked a hotel owned by a Muslim on Borisana road of the city and broke its glass window. Over half a dozen police personnel including a DySP rank official also sustained injuries in stone pelting by unruly mob.

A police officer said that over a dozen people were rounded up and were likely to be arrested. Some police

He said that the an altercation between two groups near an under-construction bridge flared up. A crowd of over 500 people belonging to a particular community gathered and went on rampage. They damaged two wheeler and a four wheeler parked near a mall by blows of rods. When police reached there, they also started stone pelting. They were somehow dispersed.

In retaliation another group attacked Silver Platter hotel in the city.

DeshGujarat