A minor altercation between some people snowballed into a communal clash in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district on Saturday, as two communities fought pitched battles, attacked police and set aflame vehicles, police said.
The violence started when two men of one community were beaten up by a bus cleaner from a different community, soon bringing the two communities face to face with each other.
An official said that Gyanchandra and Jang Bahadur, two residents of Phoolmati travelled in a private bus to Jaidpur on Friday. They had a verbal spat with the bus driver and cleaner.