Kolkata: Eight including cops injured in local group clash over football match
Kolkata, Sep 17 (IBNS): At least eight persons, including five policemen, were injured during a clash between two local groups over a football match at Sahid Smriti Colony under Panchasayar Police Station limits in southeast Kolkata on Sunday late night, reports said.
According to reports, people from Sahid Smriti Colony's A and C blocks engaged in a clash with each other, following a local football match at around 1 pm. on Sunday.
When policemen from Panchasayar Police Station reached the scene, locals had started brick batting aiming at the police force, assaulted cops and vandalized police vehicles.
Five policemen, including Panchasayar Police Station's Officer-in-Charge (OC) Debjit Banerjee, were injured in the attack while at least three locals were also hurt during the clash.
Later a heavy police force along with Rapid Action Force (RAF) rushed to the area and brought the situation under control.
A local police official said that four persons have been arrested in connection with the incident while police's operation to catch others involved in the clash was underway.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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