The national capital and adjoining regions of Uttar Pradesh were put on high alert on Saturday following a confrontation between two communities in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri during a “shobha yatra” on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti.
Alleged stone throwing on a procession, which was part of the “yatra”, as it was passing by a mosque located in the C block is understood to have triggered the confrontation, which left several, including six police personnel, injured, a little after 6 p.m.
The police said ten teams had been constituted to identify and take action against those involved in the incident and two companies of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) had been deployed even as teams of the local police took out flag marches in the area.
