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Vadodara, Apr 18 (PTI) A minor road accident led to a communal clash in Gujarat"s Vadodara city, with rioters throwing stones, vandalising a shrine and damaging some vehicles, police said on Monday adding that three persons were injured.
Police have so far arrested 22 people- 19 for rioting after the incident that occurred late Sunday night and three others in connection with the road accident involving two-wheelers, officials said.
Three persons were injured in the clash, Additional Commissioner of Police Chirag Koradia told reporters.
A Karelibaug police station official said that the clash broke out following a road accident involving two-wheelers belonging to people from two communities in the city"s Raopura locality.
The matter escalated and in no time people from two communities gathered and hurled stones at each other in the Karelibaug locality, neighbouring the Raopura area.
A mob vandalised the idol at a shrine located on the roadside, two autorickshaws and as many two-wheelers, the police official said.