Ludhiana, March 13 -- Panic gripped residents of Sanjay Gandhi Colony after a clash between two groups broke out during the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, with the chaos reportedly continuing for nearly five hours and leaving the locality on edge.

According to police, members of two groups from the same colony gathered at a spot late at night when an argument broke out between them. What began as a heated exchange of words soon escalated into stone-pelting, creating panic among residents living in the area.

Locals said that although the miscreants initially fled the scene, the situation worsened shortly afterwards when around six youths returned armed with sharp-edged weapons. They allegedly began vandalising vehicles park...