Clashes broke out between two groups of shopkeepers in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district over the issue of attracting customers to their shop. The incident occurred in a busy market Baraut town of Baghpat.
A video of the clash, where several men can be seen beating each other with sticks, is being circulated on social media.
"Eight people have arrested and action is being taken," ANI quoted a police official as saying.
The video is being widely shared on social media with some users calling the clash 'hand-to-hand combat'.
Who is the Winner guys..?
— Pragath Shukla (@PragathShukla) February 22, 2021
The Trophy goes to whom..?#HandToHandCombat #MortalKombat #Baghpat pic.twitter.com/rlABLstpwI
Shopkeepers in up's Baghpat engage in hand to hand combat using lathis ,pipes etc
— Md Toushif (@MdToush51449804) February 22, 2021
A dozen injured in the violence #modi_rojgar_ #StopPrivatization_SaveGovtJob pic.twitter.com/lisEdblBCx
Another user also compared the incident to a scene straight from a Bollywood film.
Not a scene from Ramgopal Varma film, but straight out of UP's Baghpat, where shopkeepers indulged in street fighting using lathis, pipes etc. pic.twitter.com/pCdnUrIC37
— Vibhinna Ideas (@Vibhinnaideas) February 22, 2021
(With inputs from Dushyant in Baghpat)