'Indian Idol' Prashant's fans clash with

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'Indian Idol' Prashant's fans clash with locals

Siliguri, Sept. 28 (PTI): Several persons were injured as a procession by fans of 'Indian Idol' Prashant Tamang clashed with locals, following dispute over passage for an ambulance near the Siliguri Sub-divisional hospital today.

As thousands of locals chased the 2000-odd processionists from Hasmi Chowk to the nearby Siliguri court compound, the spot turned into a battlefield with both sides hurling stones at each other, Inspector General, North Bengal, R J S Nawla said.

Rapid Action Force personnel cordoned off the area as a large police force went to the spot but the stone pelting still continued, Nawla said, while appealing to both sides to maintain amity and communal harmony.

Nawla said police picket was posted in certain Nepali-dominated pockets like Gurung Bustee, Pradhan Nagar in Siliguri town while adequate precautionary measures were also being taken for the safety of different linguistic minority communities and tourists in Darjeeling Hills.

The IG said trouble began when an ambulance, with a patient, tried to move through the procession but was intercepted.

In the ensuing altercation, the patient and those accompanying him were allegedly beaten up sparking off protests by local people.

As the processionists then began ransacking adjoining shops, more local people assembled and situation worsened further.

Earlier, a procession was taken out in protest against alleged derogatory comments by a radio jockey in Delhi against Indian Idol winner Prashant Tamang.

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