A communal clash broke out in Gujarat’s Narmada district on Friday when a ‘Shaurya Yatra’ procession organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) was passing through a minority community neighbourhood in Selamba town, the police said. Narmada police have launched an investigation after scanning CCTV footage and are in the process of filing an FIR. A shop was set on fire amid the stone-pelting and some goods were also burnt.

Narmada Superintendent of Police Prashant Sumbe told The Indian Express that the clash occurred between 9.30 am and 10 am on Friday, as the Shaurya Yatra passed near a place of worship of the minority community in the town located in Sagbara taluka.

“The Shaurya Yatra of the VHP was passing through a street in the town where a masjid is located. There was stone pelting as the procession passed by and the mob also set on fire a shop in the vicinity. Some miscreants also forcibly grabbed goods from traders in the area and set them on fire. Since the police were already on the spot, the mob was dispersed within 45 minutes after the clash broke out,” the SP said.

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