9 held after stone pelting by mob in Umarkhed

Yavatmal: A clash between two youths in Umarkhed led to stone pelting by a mob on Monday night, requiring intervention of the police, and nine arrests.
Sources said there was an altercation between an autorickshaw driver and a bike rider at Kala Maruti area. The police reached the spot and the issue was resolved. Later in the night, a group of youths moved around the locality and started pelting stones and damaging parked vehicles. A few residents also reportedly received minor injuries.
The police registered an offence against a few youths and arrested one of them on a complaint by Deepak Namdev Jadhav. Eight more were arrested on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, a group of residents including some women marched to the police station and demanded arrest of all accused.
In charge SP Noorul Hassan confirmed the incident, and denied rumours of a communal conflict. Umarkhed PSO Sanjay Khandade said cops are keeping a close vigil.