India, March 13 -- The police arrested 11 people on Wednesday following a violent clash between two groups over the construction of a small drain in the Mirzapur locality, under the jurisdiction of the Vijay Nagar police station. The groups exchanged gunfire and pelted stones at each other, leaving one person injured, officials said.

An FIR was registered the same day against 31 named individuals and 20-25 unidentified suspects under stringent provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including attempt to murder, rioting, voluntarily causing hurt, acts endangering life, and assault on public servants, police said. Provisions of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act were also invoked, they added.

"The groups had differences over the dr...