Gujarat communal conflict: FIR registered in opposition to over 2,000 folks

Police have registered an FIR in opposition to almost 2,000 unidentified folks on prices of try to homicide and rioting after members of two communities clashed with one another right here in Gujarat, leaving six policemen and round a dozen different folks injured, an official stated on Monday.
The FIR additionally names 47 different individuals for related offences in reference to the incident that occurred on Sunday, he stated.
The conflict broke out at Nava Bandar village in Una taluka of Gir Somnath after an altercation over collision of two fishing boats at a jetty within the village, he stated.
Around 1,500 to 2,000 folks belonging to 2 communities allegedly hit one another with sticks, swords, iron and plastic pipes, and likewise hurled stones and empty glass bottles, the official stated.

When police intervened to regulate the mob, the rioters attacked them, injuring six personnel, together with Assistant Superintendent of Police Om Prakash Jat, two sub-inspectors and three constables, an official from Nava Bandar Marine police station stated.
The police needed to lob a number of teargas shells to regulate the mob, he stated.
An FIR was registered in opposition to 47 named and 1,500 to 2,000 unidentified folks from each the communities late Sunday evening below IPC Sections 307 (try to homicide), 332, 333 (voluntarily inflicting grievous damage to public servant), 337, 338 (hurting with negligent act endangering human life), 143 (illegal meeting), 147 and 148 (rioting), he stated.

Efforts had been on to arrest them, the official stated.
Following the conflict, a big police workforce comprising personnel from three close by police stations at Una, Gir Gadhada and Kodinar, in addition to from the native crime department and particular operations group had rushed to regulate the mob, he stated.