Five persons arrested in connection with group clash

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Press Trust of India Virudhunagar
Last Updated : Jun 14 2014 | 7:44 PM IST
Five persons were arrested today in connection with a group clash between two groups at a temple festival in Kumaralingapuram in this district,police said.
Search is on for 21 others, police said.
The festival is being held for the last two days at the Kaliamman kovil and last night, a group of people went to the temple and found it locked over which they quarrelled with the other group leading to the clash, police said.
They threw stones at each other and some houses and a pandal put up for the festival were damaged.
Nine persons including two women were injured in the incident, police said.
Police are maintaining tight vigil in the area.
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First Published: Jun 14 2014 | 7:44 PM IST

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