At least 100 CRPF personnel were deployed today and police detained 32 people in Akola’s Belkhed village after clashes between Dalits and upper-caste Hindus over a temple yesterday left 15 people injured. At least 20 houses were also set on fire in the arson that followed.Police sources said 32 people have been detained on charges of rioting in the village where one company of CRPF has been deployed to control the situation. Prohibitory orders are also in force in the village, about 250 km from Nagpur, after a tussle over the control of Datt Mandir in the village turned violent, police said.
