Mumbai, Sept 24 (PTI) At least 18 people, including 12 police personnel, were injured when protesters hurled stones and damaged government property and vehicles on the premises of Nandurbar collector's office in north Maharashtra on Wednesday over the murder of a tribal youth, officials said.

Police resorted to lathicharge and fired tear gas shells to disperse protesters involved in ransacking public property, said Shravan Dath, Superintendent of Police, Nandurbar.

Over 100 people have been detained by the police, and a hunt is on to identify and trace others, he said in the night, adding that a case is being registered.

The injured persons include six protesters and 12 police personnel, who were hit by stones.

Around 8,000 people from tribal communities gathered to participate in a 's

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