Gariaband, Feb. 1 -- Heavy police forces have been deployed at Dutkaiya village in Chhattisgarh after two groups clashed with each other earlier on Sunday.

SP Gariaband Vedvrat Sirmour said things escalated after villagers grew angry about a serial offender named Arif, who assaulted a few people with aides, leading to villagers surrounding his house and setting it on fire.

"In village Dutkaiya, a serial offender, Arif, with his two aides, assaulted a few people. The villagers were angry, after which, they gheraoed the houses of Arif and his aides, and set them on fire," he said.

The SP stated that Arif and his aides have been taken into custody with cases being registered against them, and the whole ordeal led to some police personnel ...