By Ilyaskhan Pathan, for TCN,
Ahmedabad: Four persons were wounded in stone pelting and clashes between two communities in Navabander area of Junagarh district in Gujarat on Tuesday. The injured included three elderly persons from the minority community and a police constable – all have been taken to hospital. Additional police force has been deployed in the affected area.
The clash had erupted on a minor issue three days ago but it was sorted out by the intervention of police and elders of both communities but the peace did not last long and on Tuesday following a scuffle between children, two groups again engaged in pitch battle. They pelted stone on each other leaving four persons wounded.
It is reported that the crowd did not even spare ambulance van called by some concerned locals as people were falling wounded. The van was attacked and its panes were broken. The driver of the van fled to safety.
However, no new incident was reported on Wednesday. Security has been tightened in and around the area.