Jaipur, Dec. 26 -- Over a hundred people were detained by the police following a stone-pelting incident in Jaipur's Chomu area on Friday, which erupted over alleged encroachment near a local mosque.

DCP West, Jaipur, Hanuman Prasad Meena told ANI, "Tension arose in Chaumu over a dispute related to a religious site, and when police action was taken, miscreants pelted stones at the police, injuring some policemen. The police took the rioters from their homes and detained them. A total of 110 rioters were taken into custody by the police."

A long-simmering dispute over alleged encroachment near a mosque in Chomu flared into violence, prompting police to clamp down swiftly with detentions, heavy deployment, and suspension of internet servic...