Three police personnel were also injured in the clash, which erupted at around 5 pm. Meanwhile, SSP (Amritsar rural) Swapan Sharma, who was at the spot, said, “Three Nihangs and an equal number of Dera followers have been injured in the clash. The rumour that one Nihang was killed in the clash further aggravated the situation, however, Amritsar civil surgeon Dr Charanjit Singh made it clear that no one was killed, but several of the injured have been admitted to Civil Hospital, Baba Bakala, Civil Hospital, Amritsar, and Government Medical College in Amritsar. The police resorted to a mild cane charge to disperse Nihangs and Dera followers.
(Sameer Sehgal/HT)īoth sides reportedly pelted stones and bricks at each other, and some people fired in the air during the clash, the police said. The spot where a violent clash between Nihangs and Radha Soami sect followers took place at Beas in Amritsar district on Sunday. The dispute started over the grazing of cows belonging to Nihangs on the land of Dera in Beas, situated around 40km from the district headquarters on national highway-1.
A violent clash between Nihangs and Radha Soami sect followers at Dera Radha Soami Satsang Beas left 10, including police personnel, injured on Sunday evening.
