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more-inTIRUNELVELIPolice have arrested 29 persons – 18 Muslims and 11 Hindus – for their alleged involvement in the recent clash at Shencottai in Tirunelveli. “With the proof we have in hand, we’ve arrested 29 persons and the number will grow in the days to come,” said P.Ve. Police sources said some of the arrested persons could be detained under the Goondas Act also as their names had already figured in a few cases registered in the region. Arunshakthikumar, Superintendent of Police, who has camped at Shencottai for the investigation and interrogation of the accused being arrested in connection with the clash. After a clash broke out between Hindus and Muslims over taking Vinayaka idols in procession through the street in which Muslims live in large numbers on September 14, Shencottai witnessed anxious moments till midnight..