A heated altercation between two youths over a trivial matter triggered communal tension at Narendrapur under the Nemala police station in Cuttack district on Monday.
The local administration deployed police forces in the area to prevent the situation from worsening further after locals and workers belonging to the Bajrang Dal blocked the road by burning tyres.
Sources said the two youths of two communities had the heated argument over overtaking of motorbikes on the road.
One of them approached a few youths at Kakudiapada and they attacked another youth at his home injuring a woman and a minor boy.
Soon after the news spread, locals along with the Bajarang Dal workers blocked the road and gheraoed the minority community slum at Kakudiapada.
later, police forces led by DSP Alok Ranjan Ray rushed to the spot and tried to bring the situation under control.