A sanitation worker of the civic body here was beaten up in Azad Nagar locality of the city on Thursday over some dispute, following which three people were nabbed, police said.
The man was part of a team of sanitation workers which got into an altercation with the locals. After a member of the team was beaten up, the sanitation workers fled, they said.
On the complaint of the sanitation worker, Karan, three people were detained and they are being questioned. Efforts are being made to ascertain the reason behind the dispute, a police officer said.