Chennai, May 7 -- Over 10 people were injured in a clash due to previous enmity in Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu after the Muthumariamman temple festival, a police officer familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

The house of a Dalit family and two mopeds were torched during the incident on Monday, the official said, adding that the injured are undergoing treatment at Alangudi Government Hospital and Pudukkottai Government Medical College.

Dalit activist Shalin Maria Lawrence, based out of Tamil Nadu, said, "The fight started when a Dalit youth started dancing at the temple festival. A family I spoke to said that some people from a dominant caste had warned them not to dance and used slurs against them."

Police, however, denied th...