India, Oct. 4 -- Six people, including Cuttack deputy commissioner of police (DCP), were injured after a clash broke out between two communities during a Durga idol immersion ceremony in Odisha's Cuttack on Friday late night, police said.

According to police officers, the immersion procession of the Jhanjirimangala Bhagabat Puja Committee was passing through the Haathi Pokhari stretch around 1:30 am when a dispute over songs being played during the procession triggered heated arguments, which quickly escalated into stone-pelting and the hurling of glass bottles between youths of the two communities.

The procession by Rausapatna Durga Kali Medha, another puja committee which was following Jhanjirimangala Bhagabat, was also disrupted.

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