A police report sent to the state headquarters here said the Dalits objected to the "raucous" celebration, triggering an exchange of words. It soon snowballed into a full-blown clash with both the groups throwing stones and bricks at each other, it added. Around a dozen people were injured in the clashes that erupted after members of another community objected to the procession. He was responding to a question on the Saharanpur violence at a press conference here. ALSO WATCH | 10 arrested for Saharanpur violence, FIR registered against BJP MP Raghav Lakhanpal Sharma

Source: India Today May 05, 2017 15:38 UTC