Puri, June 20: At least 19 people were injured, five of them critically, during a group clash over fishing rights between residents of two villages in the banks of the Chilika lake here Saturday.
The clash, where guns and crude bombs were used by both the sides, involved the residents of Alanda and Patana villages, police said.
Both the groups were demanding their rights over fishing in a particular area of the lake. While the critically injured persons have been shifted to MKCG Medical College Hospital at Berhampur, others have been admitted to the nearby government hospitals.
All the injured persons had suffered gunshot injuries, said Puri sadar sub-divisional police officer Alekh Chandra Pathi. Pathi said police have been deployed in the area to defuse tension after the clashes. PTI
