4 injured after 2 groups clash outside mosque in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon, 45 arrested

Police arrested 45 people after two groups clashed outside a mosque in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district. Four people were injured in the violence.

Two groups clashed outside a mosque in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district. (Screengrab from video)

By India Today News Desk: Four people were injured after a clash broke out on Tuesday between two groups outside a mosque in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district. The clashes broke out over loud music playing outside a mosque while Namaz was going on inside.

So far, police have filed two FIRs in connection with the case and arrested 45 people.

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A group of people allegedly pelted stones on a palki yatra which was passing near the area. Four people were injured in the violence that followed. Several vehicles were also damaged during the stone pelting.

Shops in the area were shut the next day.

Jalgaon Superintendent of Police M Rajkumar told ANI that the situation has been brought under control and the area is peaceful now.

Meanwhile, in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar’s Kiradpura area, a fight between two men escalated after people started pelting stones at each other and several public and police vehicles were torched outside a temple. Here too, four people were injured and they have been discharged from hospital.

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