Five killed in Gujarat violence

Fresh bout of communal violence today killed five persons, four of them in police firing, here despite a peace march led by Defence Minister...

Fresh bout of communal violence today killed five persons, four of them in police firing, here despite a peace march led by Defence Minister George Fernandes and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi with an appeal to isolate perpetrators of the carnage.

Four persons were killed when police opened fire in Maninagar and Kalupur localities and one person was stabbed to death in labour-dominated Gomtipur area, police said.

In all, 18 people were injured with ten of them receiving bullet injuries and three crude bomb injuries.

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Police resorted to firing in Chandola Lake areas of Maninagar and Kalupur to disperse mobs hurling stones and indulging in arson.

In Vadodara city, two people were injured in police firing on a mob trying to set a house on fire at Navapura area.

Indefinite curfew remained in force in six police station areas of Vadodara.

People from all communities marched through the streets of riot-torn commercial hub of Gujarat with an appeal to forget the past and isolate the perpetrators of communal carnage in Gujarat.

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Amid tight security, peace marchers, carrying placards and banners demanding an immediate end to the ‘‘insane communal rage’’, wound their way through lanes and by-lanes of the city.

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