Ten persons were arrested after communal clashes broke out on Saturday in Tripura’s Unakoti district over the collection of donations for a local temple, PTI quoted the police as saying on Sunday.

Superintendent of Police Avinash Kumar Rai told PTI that four police personnel and six civilians were injured in the clashes.

“Prohibitory orders under section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita remain in force in the area,” Rai said. “Internet service continues to remain suspended.”

Paramilitary forces are conducting foot patrols in sensitive areas and no fresh violence has been reported in the district, the police officer said.

The violence began after members of a local club stopped a truck allegedly transporting smuggled timber and sought money from the driver in the name of a festival, The Times of India reported. The driver refused to pay the money, leading to an altercation.

The violence triggered a political row, with Leader of the Opposition Jitendra Chaudhury of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government of failing to protect the lives and properties of persons belonging to the minority community.

“When Kumarghat [town in Unakoti district] was burning, the chief minister was busy leading a roadshow in Kanchanpur in North Tripura,” PTI quoted him as saying. “He has not made any statement against the communal violence.”

State BJP president Rajib Bhattacharjee condemned the violence and praised the police for taking action against those responsible.