Fresh violence erupts in Ahmedabad, Baroda

Communal violence erupted afresh tonight at several localities of Ahmedabad and Baroda cities leaving five persons injured as police opened ...

Communal violence erupted afresh tonight at several localities of Ahmedabad and Baroda cities leaving five persons injured as police opened fire to disperse mobs hurling stones and indulging in arson forcing deployment of the Army.

One person was stabbed and injured and several huts on the bank of Sabarmati river were set on fire by the mob at Khanjadarwaja of curfew-bound Jamapur, police sources said, adding heavy stone-throwing was reported from the locality dominated by minorities. A vehcile was also set ablaze.

A large number of people came out on the streets of some other minority-dominated localities of Ahmedabad–Khanjadarwaja, Jamalpurdarwaja and Vashiya Sabha and hurled stones leaving three persons injured.

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Police lobbed several rounds of teargas shells before opening fire which left one person wounded.

The Army was called out to help the BSF and police to contain the rising tide of violence at Jamalpur and the other localities.

In curfew-bound Fatehpura locality of Baroda city, one person received stab wounds in renewed violence.

However, no fresh untoward incident was reported from other violence-affected areas of Ahmedabad city even as indefinite curfew continued in Shahpur, Gomtipur, Vejalpur, Rakhial and Bapunagar localities of the walled city.

Rajesh and Ramvir jumped from the fourth-floor window of their hotel room to escape the flames. While Ramvir survived the fall, Rajesh died during treatment.

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