India, Sept. 14 -- Seventeen people were arrested and more than 200 booked after a dispute over the removal of a digital poster of revolutionary figure Umaji Naik escalated into a violent clash between two community groups in Dafalapur village of Jat taluka in Sangli district on Saturday, police said.

Three FIRs have been registered in connection with the violence, which left seven people injured and caused damage to vehicles and shops. Two of the injured are seriously hurt and undergoing treatment at the government hospital in Miraj, police said.

Speaking to Hindustan Times, Sangli superintendent of police Tushar Doshi said, "Police have filed a total of three FIRs, one by each community against each other and the third one by the poli...