<p><br />A clash between two teams during the gentleman’s game – cricket in Agra on Monday turned communal and left over a dozen people, including the policemen, injured.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The two sides fought a pitched battle triggering tension in the city prompting the police to make lathi charge and fire tear gas shells to disperse the warring mobs, police sources here said.<br /><br />The situation was brought under control on Tuesday only after heavy deployment of security personnel and arrests of some of the trouble mongers, sources said.<br /><br />The trouble sparked off during a cricket match between the children of Kazipada and Dholikhar localities at the Ramlila grounds in the town. There was some dispute over a few of the decisions that the other side claimed led to their defeat in the match.<br />What began as a minor altercation soon turned into a major brawl with the members of the two teams exchanging blows and indulging in heavy stone pelting. Some of the children suffered injuries on their heads.<br /><br />The torn and blood stained clothes reportedly angered the family members also and in no time a large number of people from the two communities came face to face. Sources said shots were also fired by the warring groups though the police did not confirm it.<br /><br />A few trains also got stranded for a few hours after the railway authorities decided to suspend movement of trains passing through the affected areas, sources said.<br />Over a dozen people, including the cops, were injured. Police and PAC were rushed to the spot to control the situation. <br /><br />“Security personnel are patrolling the affected areas and the situation is under control,” the officers said. <br /><br />A case has been registered against several people suspected to be involved in <br />rioting and a few arrests have been made, police officers said.<br /></p>
<p><br />A clash between two teams during the gentleman’s game – cricket in Agra on Monday turned communal and left over a dozen people, including the policemen, injured.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The two sides fought a pitched battle triggering tension in the city prompting the police to make lathi charge and fire tear gas shells to disperse the warring mobs, police sources here said.<br /><br />The situation was brought under control on Tuesday only after heavy deployment of security personnel and arrests of some of the trouble mongers, sources said.<br /><br />The trouble sparked off during a cricket match between the children of Kazipada and Dholikhar localities at the Ramlila grounds in the town. There was some dispute over a few of the decisions that the other side claimed led to their defeat in the match.<br />What began as a minor altercation soon turned into a major brawl with the members of the two teams exchanging blows and indulging in heavy stone pelting. Some of the children suffered injuries on their heads.<br /><br />The torn and blood stained clothes reportedly angered the family members also and in no time a large number of people from the two communities came face to face. Sources said shots were also fired by the warring groups though the police did not confirm it.<br /><br />A few trains also got stranded for a few hours after the railway authorities decided to suspend movement of trains passing through the affected areas, sources said.<br />Over a dozen people, including the cops, were injured. Police and PAC were rushed to the spot to control the situation. <br /><br />“Security personnel are patrolling the affected areas and the situation is under control,” the officers said. <br /><br />A case has been registered against several people suspected to be involved in <br />rioting and a few arrests have been made, police officers said.<br /></p>