Thirteen persons were arrested after a group of men in vehicles bearing saffron flags, were allegedly attacked in the Naya Nagar area of Mira-Bhayandar near Mumbai in Thane district, a day ahead of the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
A senior police official said the clash between members of two different communities erupted around 11 p.m. on Sunday, when the men drove through the locality shouting religious slogans. They were attacked by a mob from the neighbourhood, he added.
Unverified videos of the violence, showing the mob attacking the vehicles with iron rods and stones, and attacking people inside them, went viral on social media.
