<p>Eighteen people were today arrested after they clashed with police when the civic body tried to remove a portion of a religious structure here, police said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Scores of people affiliated to the Hindu Dharma Raksha Samiti sat on a street in Vijay Nagar locality here to protest the action of the encroachment removal squad, supervised by the senior administrative and police officials this morning, SP-East O P Tripathi said.<br /><br />There were heated arguments between protesters and security personnel, Tripathi said, adding that as some of the people were rounded up and taken to board a bus, others hurled stones at the police vehicle.<br /><br />Eighteen people were arrested under section 151 of CrPC for breach of peace and were later released on bail, the SP said.<br /><br />While eyewitnesses alleged that police resorted to mild lathicharge, the SP denied the charge.<br /><br />No one was injured in the incident, Additional District Magistrate Alok Singh claimed.<br /><br />The incident occurred when teams of senior officials of Indore Development Authority (IDA) and Municipal Corporation (IMC) went to remove portion of a religious structure to facilitate way for the Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS), likely to start in the city next month.<br /><br />The work on removing the encroachment at the temple has been suspended and talks would be held with the agitators, he said adding that situation was normal.</p>
<p>Eighteen people were today arrested after they clashed with police when the civic body tried to remove a portion of a religious structure here, police said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Scores of people affiliated to the Hindu Dharma Raksha Samiti sat on a street in Vijay Nagar locality here to protest the action of the encroachment removal squad, supervised by the senior administrative and police officials this morning, SP-East O P Tripathi said.<br /><br />There were heated arguments between protesters and security personnel, Tripathi said, adding that as some of the people were rounded up and taken to board a bus, others hurled stones at the police vehicle.<br /><br />Eighteen people were arrested under section 151 of CrPC for breach of peace and were later released on bail, the SP said.<br /><br />While eyewitnesses alleged that police resorted to mild lathicharge, the SP denied the charge.<br /><br />No one was injured in the incident, Additional District Magistrate Alok Singh claimed.<br /><br />The incident occurred when teams of senior officials of Indore Development Authority (IDA) and Municipal Corporation (IMC) went to remove portion of a religious structure to facilitate way for the Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS), likely to start in the city next month.<br /><br />The work on removing the encroachment at the temple has been suspended and talks would be held with the agitators, he said adding that situation was normal.</p>