A clash broke out between two communities outside a gurudwara here following which over 80 identified and hundreds of unidentified people were booked for rioting and damaging public property, the police said today.
Additional Superintendent of Police (rural) Subhash Chandra Shakya said tension erupted yesterday when a watchman objected putting up a cart to sell 'rakhis' by a 14-year-old girl outside the gurudwara in the Banda area of the district.
The watchman also allegedly hit the girl with a stick on her leg, the police said.
As the news spread, Hindus and Sikhs reached the spot and indulged in stone pelting, they said.
Superintendent of Police, Shahjahanpur, S Chinappa said, "Three FIRs have been registered against more than 80 people from both sides and hundreds of others under various sections of the IPC for rioting and damaging public property."
Tripathi said, "Culprits are being identified through the video footage of the incident, following which they will be arrested."
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