Around eight people were injured and vehicles damaged in a clash between members of two different communities near north Delhi's Majnu ka Tila area on Thursday.
The incident started on Wednesday evening after two groups started pelting bottles on each other and at least 12 cars and motorcycles were vandalised, said police.
The policemen were also attacked by the mob on Wednesday night when they reached to restore peace in the area. However, police managed to control over the situation till late night. Police have detained 17 people and deployed staff in the locality to restore calm.
Sources said a section of the residents have complained with police about the illegal selling of alcohol in the locality. On this, the whole drama began on Wednesday. A month ago, the clash broke out on the same issue leaving several persons injured.
According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police Madhur Verma, no one was injured in the stone pelting. “No case was registered but we have detained 17 people for pelting bottles and creating ruckus in the area,” said the police officer.
On Thursday afternoon, a section from the residents again stared throwing stones on another group that led to another clash. Police then used a mild force to stop the stone throwers and detained 12 people from both the groups. Senior police officers also tried to placate the people.