A protest march organised by members of the Maldhari community turned violent in Gujarat's Mehsana district today, prompting the police to lob teargas shells to control the situation, an official said.
At least 73 people were detained, he said.
The march was organised by Maldhari community leaders seeking 'justice' for Raju Rabari, a community member who was killed at Rajpur in the district on July 25.
The traditional occupation of the Maldhari community is cattle rearing.
Demanding arrest of the main culprits in the case, a large number of community members marched towards Nandasan, a communally sensitive village off the