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Tension flared outside Khandagiri police station in Bhubaneswar on Saturday as scores of local residents gheraoed the police station, alleging that police had registered false cases and arrested a few following a recent clash during Ganesh idol immersion.

According to reports, residents of Patrapada's Ward 65 staged a gherao and sit-in protest, alleging that police had registered false cases and arrested locals following a recent clash during Ganesh idol immersion.

Protesters accused the police of implicating even the ward corporator in fabricated charges and raised slogans demanding immediate withdrawal of the cases.

The unre...