Press Trust of India Posted online: Thursday, March 16, 2006 at 1405 hours IST Updated: Friday, March 17, 2006 at 0844 hours IST
Mumbai, March 16: Three persons were killed and at least 75 others sustained injuries when police opened fire to control two groups involved in a clash near Ghansoli in Navi Mumbai today, some 60 kms from here.
While police said only one person was killed in the clash and 17 others, including a deputy commissioner of police were wounded, hospital sources in Navi Mumbai put the toll at three and the number of those injured at 75, a dozen of them due to police firing.
Orders prohibiting assembly of persons have been clamped in Ghansoli, while Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh informed the Maharashtra legislature that a detailed statement on the incident will be made later in the day.
The clash took place between residents of Ghansoli village and 'Mathadi' (porters) workers residing in a nearby locality, after Ghansoli villagers objected to smearing colour on one of their girls by Mathadi porters against her wish, police sources said.
