Gujarat: Group clash over vaccination queue in Khambhalia village

RAJKOT: At least seven people were injured in a group clash that broke out in a queue for Covid-19 vaccination in a school at Bharala village in Khambhalia taluka of Devbhoomi-Dwarka district on Thursday afternoon.
According to police, youths of two different communities first quarrelled over positions in the queue at Taluka school, which, however, went out of control and members of the both the communities reached the spot with weapons and pipes to attack.
“Rioting broke out between members of the two communities and seven persons from both sides were injured. They were first taken to hospital in Khambhalia and then shifted to civil hospital in Jamnagar for treatment,” said Samir Sarda, deputy superintendent of police, Khambhalia.
“The process of registering FIRs is underway and police bandobast have been deployed in the village to avoid further escalation,” he added.