They were protesting against the beating of a five-member team of their community yesterday by some youths in Delhi-Kandhla train, police said.
The protesters gheraoed the police station and pelted stones besides setting some vehicles on fire, SP Vijay Bhushan said.
To disperse the violent protesters, police used tear gas shells and cane charged them, Bhushan said.
In the cane charging one person was injured. Security has been tightened and extra police force has been deployed in the town, he said.
The senior police officers rushed to the spot and pacified the protesters assuring them of nabbing the absconding accused soon, they added.