A clash erupted between two groups after stones were allegedly pelted at a procession en route to immerse the Goddess Saraswati statue in Bhagalpur's Lodipur on Friday, officials said.
The Ranchi police on Friday imposed Section 144 as a precautionary measure in the Nagri area after a clash broke out between two groups during the procession of Goddess Saraswati idol statue immersion in Jharkhand's Ranchi, officials said.
The incident occurred under the jurisdiction of Makdone police station on Thursday morning and Makdone police station in-charge has been suspended for negligence, the officer added.
The exchange of fire was a result of ongoing tension between two groups of Nihangs over control of a Gurdwara at Sultanpur Lodhi in Pubjab's Kapurthala district, police said.
Violence erupted at two polling booths -- 147 and 148 -- of the Dimani Assembly constituency at Mirghan in the Morena district of Madhya Pradesh, with two groups resorting to stone pelting, police said.
People participated in the Hingot war, in which two groups hurled burning 'hingots' at each other, a day after Diwali as part of a tradition at Gautampura, Indore.
The traffic on the Quetta-Karachi National Highway was suspended due to the exchange of firing as the men from both groups were positioned in their trenches on opposite sides of the road.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP, Zone 2) Abhishek Anand said, “A video has come to the notice of Vijayanagar police station area in which two parties are fighting with each other, including a woman. As soon as the police received a complaint in this regard, on the basis of it, the police