vadodara heavy stone pelting and vandalism broke out in the minority communitydominated hathikhana area on friday afternoon forcing the police to fire two rounds in the air and lobbing 30 tear gas shells to disperse a rampaging mob at least three policemen including an assistant commissioner of police were injured in stone pelting while three police vehicles were damaged along with some motorcycles parked on the roadanupam singh gahlaut city police commissioner said the trouble began when some people objected to a police videographer shooting the crowd that was coming out of hathikhana panch muslim masjid after the friday namaz about a dozen men created ruckus after which the videographer walked away and began shooting from some distance but the same men again objected and police gathered there sensing trouble however a mob resorted to stone pelting within a few minutes and tension gripped the area gauhlat saidthe videography was being done as a precautionary measure following the violence that had broke out in ahmedabad on thursday during protests against the citizenship amendment act caaa police inspector had to fire two rounds in air to disperse the mob till backup police teams arrived at the spot two rounds were fired in air and 30 tear gas shells were lobbed videography of the locals is a routine exercise we have cctv footage of the incident and 10 to 15 boys involved in stone pelting have already been identified he addedthree men making a living by doing handicraft have already been picked up for pelting stones at the police gahlaut tried to pacify the locals and even requested the community leaders to ensure peace in the area the local leaders said that only a dozen boys who created the problem didnt listen to them it all began due to misunderstanding over videography we had neither planned any demonstration nor a rally said kalu malek a local community leader joint police commissioner k g bhaati warned people against spreading any rumours police is keeping an eye on mischief mongers anyone fomenting trouble will not be spared he said