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At least 18 people, including three policemen, were injured in clashes involving people belonging to two communities during a religious procession in Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, police said on Friday.
The trouble began when a group of Buddhists, taking out a Dham Yatra (religious procession) at the Buddhist pilgrimage centre of Sankisa, raised objectionable slogans, which provoked the Sanatan Dharmis (Hindus), the police said.
Mild force was used to disperse the crowd, which indulged in heavy stone pelting, the police said, adding someone from the crowd also fired in the air.
No arrests were made, the police said. Buddhists and Sanatan Dharmis have always been at loggerheads over the issue of the possession of Bisari Devi temple.
During the past three years, the tussle has often assumed violent overtones.
PTI
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