Gujarat: 5 injured as road accident triggers communal clash in Vadodara; 19 held
India TV NewsHighlights One of those injured in the stone pelting incident is said to be in a critical condition Police said clashes between two groups erupted over a petty issue An idol placed inside a temple was also damaged, which further fueled the clashes, police said Five people were injured after a minor road accident led to a communal clash in Gujarat's Vadodara city, with rioters throwing stones, vandalising a shrine and damaging some vehicles, police said on Monday. A Karelibaug police station official said that the clash broke out following a road accident involving two-wheelers belonging to people from two communities in the city's Raopura locality. A mob vandalised the idol at a shrine located on the roadside, two autorickshaws and as many two-wheelers, the police official said. An FIR was registered at Karelibaug police station under various sections of the Indian Penal Code for rioting, unlawful assembly, holding deadly weapons, defiling the place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class against unidentified groups of people.