MUMBAI: Tension prevailed at Lalbaug after a group of people allegedly hit people from another community at around 10pm on Sunday.

Heavy police bandobast was deployed near Lalbaug flyover and all the bikers were being frisked and examined for their documents.

A bike was reportedly set on fire. The reason for the tension between two groups was not clear.

Sources said that a group of boys from a community were returning after attending Eid-e-Milad procession at south Mumbai when they got involved in a heated argument with some boys from another community at Lalbaug. The situation went out of control and some bikers were hit. A group of people, who hit the boys, was carrying lathis in their hand. A sizeable number of police personnel were dispatched to the spot and police restricted entry of vehicles from south towards north end at Lalbaug. Traffic routes were diverted. “There was no curfew but a curfew like situation. People were running to reach home early knowing the tensed situation,” said a source.

A Sion resident woman who had gone to meet her friend at Tardeo was returning home in a cab along with her two year old baby when she saw people running helter skelter. “I got scared there were too many people running on the road. We didn’t know what exactly happened. I could see a large number of policemen all over the roads. All the flyovers till Sion were completely jam packed. Near King’s Circle, cops were checking all bikers, perhaps their documents too, and police vehicles were seen stationed,” she told TOI. An additional police commissioner said that the issue was sorted out and things were under control. No casualty or injury was reported to the police till news going to the press. DCP Dhananjay Kulkarni , city police’s official spokesperson, was not available for comment.