NEW DELHI, Sept 15 (IslamOnline) - Prohibitory orders have been clamped in the south Indian city of K R Nagar for three days from 5 p.m. on Saturday following a clash between two youths Friday evening taking on a communal colour, Deccan Herald reported today, September 15.

The tension led to communal clashes in the Karnataka state town Saturday morning and police resorted to lobbing of teargas shells and lathi-charge to bring the situation under control, the police said.

Ten persons have been injured in the melee and one person, identified as "Ravi" has been taken to K R Hospital for treatment. Incidents of stone throwing, arson and looting have also been reported in several areas of the town.

An argument between two youths belonging to Hindu and Muslim communities respectively at the Manchanahalli bus-stand in the town is said to have led to yesterday’s communal clashes, said the police.

The situation in the town is tense at present, and an atmosphere of fear prevailed there. Deputy Commissioner Kumar Naik, district Superintendent of Police K H Srinivasan and other officers are camping at the spot.

In a related incident in the same area, two groups resorted to stone-throwing in Harapanahalli area during the immersion of Ganesha idol, and police had to resort to caning and lobbing of teargas shells to bring the situation under control. A tense situation prevailed in the town and prohibitory orders have been clamped in the area.

A total of 15 persons including five policemen were injured in the stone throwing. The clash is said to have occurred when a Hindu nationalist outfit Yuvashakti Sangha took out a Ganesha idol procession through Banageri and members of Hindu and Muslim communities had an argument over the volume of a loudspeaker.

South India did not know communal riots, that is Hindu-Muslim clashes, until about a decade ago when the North-based Hindu nationalist organizations like the RSS, BJP and VHP introduced this virus there.