Overview
- Police arrested eight people identified from CCTV footage and detained four others for verification, the district SP said.
- The violence on Monday evening in the Mohana police station area injured 10 people and included damage to a local BJP leader’s house.
- Two FIRs have been filed, and two platoons of armed police are deployed to prevent further flare-ups.
- Authorities described the trigger as a drunken brawl that escalated into a communal confrontation, with community leaders engaging to restore calm.
- A video alleging an assault on a Muslim street vendor was shared by a Congress leader, though a senior officer said no such complaint is on record.