Nahan, Oct. 23 -- Several police personnel were injured in stone pelting in a clash between two communities at Valmiki Chowk in Nahan, headquarters of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh on Friday.
Tension escalated after the Valmiki memorial was damaged and the dispute over this between the two communities took a violent turn with stone pelting from both sides, police said. The injured included Sadar Police Station in-charge Kulbir Singh and a police constable. Several vehicles were damaged during the violence.
According to reports, the dispute began over the repair of a broken welcome gate at Valmiki Chowk. An argument between the two sides escalated, and the violence and vandalism was not immediately brought under control. Police forc...