India, March 26 -- Tensions flared in Jharkhand's Hazaribag after a violent clash broke out between two communities during a Ram Navami procession, with stone-pelting reported from both sides. The confrontation allegedly started over the playing of an objectionable song as the Mangla Julus procession passed from Panch Mandir Chowk to Jhanda Chowk near Jama Masjid on Tuesday. Following the violence, an FIR was lodged against 10 named individuals and 200 unidentified persons at Sadar police station.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Radha Krishna Kishore informed the state assembly that police and magistrates attempted to control the escalating chaos, eventually resorting to firing two rounds in the air to disperse the crowd and protect prope...