Eighteen people, including five policemen, were injured when a 100-strong mob started throwing stones at a passenger train on Friday morning, following a clash between two groups in outer Delhi's Nangloi.
The Rohtak train was headed for Tilak Bridge. It had stopped near Prem Colony around 7:30 am.A clash had taken place the day before while the train was going to Rohtak. People from the Haryana town and Nangloi locals were at odds.The locals were armed with stones and sticks on Friday morning. "A fight had erupted on Thursday over seats and space. The people of Rohtak beat up residents of Nangloi," said a police official.
Eight people were arrested by Aman Vihar policemen and four people, including two juveniles, were apprehended by the Railway Police.
Two cases were registered at the Aman Vihar Police Station and with the Railway Police, the first under Sections 147, 148, 149, 186, 353, 332, 308, 427, 341 IPC, along with the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, and the second under Sections 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153 IPC, the Indian Railways Act (152) and the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.