India, June 27 -- A violent clash broke out between residents and maintenance staff of a residential society in Greater Noida over power outage on Thursday evening.

The incident occurred in the Supertech Eco Village-1 in Greater Noida West, under the Bisrakh police station area, after the society guards and maintenance staff attacked residents with sticks, officials said.

The residents claimed they were kicked, punched, and beaten with sticks and batons after they complained of a power outage.

Several videos of the incident surfaced on social media showing guards beating the residents with sticks. In one of the videos, the guards kicked a man and hit him with sticks even as the onlookers tried to protect him. A woman can be heard askin...