Muzaffarnagar (UP), Sep 5 (PTI) At least a dozen people were injured as two groups pelted stones on each other after some of them harassed a Dalit girl on Monday evening, police said.

The girl was returning home from tuition classes in Bannagar village under Kotwali police station limits when a few young men teased her. This led to a confrontation between those men and another group, following which both parties resorted to stone pelting.

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Some of those injured have suffered severe wounds, police said. Police said force has been deployed in the village to prevent any untoward incident.

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