LUCKNOW, India — Indian police say they rushed security forces to anorthern town where a clash between Hindu and Muslim groups left one persondead and three others injured during India’s National Day celebrations.

Uttar Pradesh state police spokesman Rahul Srivastava says the two groupsshot guns and attacked each other with rocks on Friday in Kasganj, a smalltown in the state.

Srivastava said police defused the situation and no fresh violence wasreported on Saturday.