People belonging to two communities clashed over a love marriage in Vijaywada, leading the police to use batons to disperse them.

Two Circle Inspectors were injured in stone pelting by the crowd, while a man received knife wounds as tension gripped a town last night.

The trouble started when a girl who belonged to a minority community married a municipal sanitation employee against the wishes of her parents.

The girl's parents claimed that their daughter was a minor, but the girl became a major three days ago and fled with her lover on Monday and married him at a temple.

The incident led to tension and stone pelting between the members of the minority and majority communities.

The situation in the area was under control, according to police sources.