MEERUT, May 10 -- Twelve people, including two women, were injured after a violent clash erupted over a long-standing land dispute at Lalwala village in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district's Deoband area on Saturday morning, police said.

All those injured were admitted to a government hospital. A heavy police force was subsequently deployed in the area to bring the situation under control following stone-pelting between the members of two communities, they added. According to officials and locals, tension had been brewing between the two sides for a long time over a disputed two-bigha land.

DSP Abhitesh Singh said, "The law and order situation has been restored in the village. Primary investigation suggests a land dispute resulted in a ...