India has condemned the group violence that rocked Leicester over the weekend.

Police made a number of arrests after disturbances broke out at what the pressure termed “an unplanned protest” on Saturday.

Fifteen individuals have been then detained on Sunday night in east Leicester “to discourage additional dysfunction”.

The violence got here amid stress between primarily younger males from the Hindu and Muslim communities within the East Midlands metropolis.

Further officers had been on patrol within the space in current weeks after numerous incidents of dysfunction following an Asia Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan.

In a tweet on Monday, India’s Excessive Fee within the UK criticised these it claimed had attacked “the Indian group” in Leicester and had vandalised “premises and symbols of Hindu faith”.

“Now we have strongly taken up this matter with the UK authorities and have sought fast motion in opposition to these concerned in these assaults. We name on the authorities to offer safety to the affected individuals,” it added.

The assertion made no point out of allegations of wrongdoing perpetrated in opposition to the town’s Muslim inhabitants.

Over the weekend, the Leicester-based Federation of Muslim Organisations (FMO) mentioned there had been “numerous failures” to deal with what it referred to as a “rise in racism and excessive ideology”.

Suleman Nagdi, of the FMO, instructed the BBC that the scenario was “very alarming”.

“We want calm – the dysfunction has to cease and it has to cease now. There are some very dissatisfied younger males who’ve been inflicting havoc,” he mentioned.

“We have to get the message out that this should finish and check out to do that by means of mother and father and grandparents speaking to their sons.”

Leicester mayor Sir Peter Soulsby praised the police’s response to the incident and expressed confidence that the occasions wouldn’t be repeated.

“I’ve talked to lots of group leaders and they’re doing what they’ll to convey Leicester to regular, as a result of in Leicester, ‘regular’ is excellent relations between individuals of various faiths,” he mentioned.

“They and I, whereas being baffled by it, are additionally very disturbed by it, however I believe we’re all very assured Leicester is resilient sufficient to have the ability to return to regular relations very quickly.”