14 Injured As Shivratri Sees Clashes Over Caste In Madhya Pradesh
NDTV
An argument over Dalits praying at the Shiva temple built by people of three other communities in Chhapra village of Sanawad area escalated into a physical clash, the police have said.
An argument over offering prayers on the festival of Shivratri devolved into an all-out battle between two communities in southwest Madhya Pradesh, leaving at least 14 people injured.
Members of the Dalit community alleged that some people from a so-called "upper caste" allegedly stopped them from entering a temple in the Khargone district.
The argument over Dalits praying at the Shiva temple built by people of three other communities in Chhapra village of Sanawad area escalated into a physical clash, the police have said.
Indiscriminate stone-throwing from both sides was reported in the violence that gripped the area, some 250 km from the capital Bhopal.
