More than half a dozen persons were injured when a minor dispute fight between two students group in a college turned into a communal violence under the Bahadurgarh police station area of Hapur, on Thursday. Senior officers rushed to the spot along with heavy police force to defuse the situation.
Reports said that the irate students of lBS Inter College in Bahadurgarh area of Hapur, clashed with each other, damaging over a dozen vehicles and torching several shops on Thursday afternoon. The violence spread out in the bus stand area but the students later fought a pitched battle with the police force after the incident took communal colour in the college campus. Reports said that cops also opened fire after restoring to lathi charge when the mob attacked them. More than half a dozen students were injured, three seriously in the clash while police has rounded up around ten students for the violence, sources said.
Inspector General of Police ( law and Order) Amrendra Senger, while confirming of the incident disclosed here on Thursday evening that additional forces have been rushed from nearby districts of Meerut, Saharanpur and Bulandshahr to control the situation. However, the IG denied that police opened fire on the mob. He claimed that though tension still prevail in the area but situation was under control.