Overview

• Police said a confrontation between youths from two communities over an 'I Love Muhammad' banner escalated into stone pelting late Wednesday in Karl Marx Nagar.
• A few house doors were damaged and a young girl sustained minor injuries, with treatment at a government hospital, according to officials.
• Superintendent of Police Uma Prashnath said officers reached the spot within about five minutes and dispersed the gathering.
• Azad Nagar police removed the banner and reported that calm has been restored in the locality.
• Two weeks earlier in Mandya district, stone pelting during a Ganesh immersion in Maddur injured eight people, and police reported 21 arrests under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.