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Moradabad: Five people, including a former village pradhan, were arrested on Monday for communal clashes that broke out over the decibel level of a loudspeaker installed in a shrine at Chakbegumpur village, under the jurisdiction of the Bhojpur kothwali police station.According to police, as many as 22 people were injured. A family living near the shrine requested that the volume be lowered as a member was ill. Members of another community, however, objected to the high volume of the loudspeaker. A sub-inspector also went to the spot and sorted the matter.”But two hours later, clashes erupted at the village with members of both communities pelting stones at one another. When the volume was not decreased, they had called police control room..