<p>Dozens of people were injured in a communal clash that broke out here Monday following a cricket match. Peace was restored by Tuesday morning, said police.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police said two groups clashed at the city's Ram Lila ground Monday after one of the teams lost a cricket match, and soon shop owners in the Bijlighar, Chipi tola and Shivaji Market area downed shutters in haste.<br /><br />By late evening, tension prevailed in city's Kazipada, Mantola and Dholi Khaar areas and the situation was brought under control after a large contingent of police was rushed in.<br /><br />In the communally sensitive areas of Kazi Pada and Mantola, "the situation is well under control", a police official said Tuesday. <br /><br />A case has been registered against rioters at the Mantola police station, the official added.<br /><br />Police had to use tear gas shells and batons to disperse rampaging mobs after a leather warehouse in the city was set on fire.<br /><br />A train heading for Ahmedabad got stranded at the Agra Fort railway station for more than two hours in view of the rioting. Schedule of over a dozen trains was affected, a railway official said.<br /><br />"Had the district authorities and the police top brass not acted in time, the city would have been up in flames," said activist Shravan Kumar Singh.<br /><br />Hundreds of armed cops were seen Tuesday patrolling the sensitive Mantola, an area that has seen a series of communal riots since 2003.<br /></p>
<p>Dozens of people were injured in a communal clash that broke out here Monday following a cricket match. Peace was restored by Tuesday morning, said police.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police said two groups clashed at the city's Ram Lila ground Monday after one of the teams lost a cricket match, and soon shop owners in the Bijlighar, Chipi tola and Shivaji Market area downed shutters in haste.<br /><br />By late evening, tension prevailed in city's Kazipada, Mantola and Dholi Khaar areas and the situation was brought under control after a large contingent of police was rushed in.<br /><br />In the communally sensitive areas of Kazi Pada and Mantola, "the situation is well under control", a police official said Tuesday. <br /><br />A case has been registered against rioters at the Mantola police station, the official added.<br /><br />Police had to use tear gas shells and batons to disperse rampaging mobs after a leather warehouse in the city was set on fire.<br /><br />A train heading for Ahmedabad got stranded at the Agra Fort railway station for more than two hours in view of the rioting. Schedule of over a dozen trains was affected, a railway official said.<br /><br />"Had the district authorities and the police top brass not acted in time, the city would have been up in flames," said activist Shravan Kumar Singh.<br /><br />Hundreds of armed cops were seen Tuesday patrolling the sensitive Mantola, an area that has seen a series of communal riots since 2003.<br /></p>