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Communal violence in Vadodara during Ganesh idol immersion
12.12 IST   10th Sept 2003

By IndiaExpress Bureau

Communal clashes broke out on Tuesday night in Vadodara city when a Ganesh immersion procession came under attack and two groups clashed leaving at least three persons, including a policeman, injured.

Police sources said atleast three policemen were injured in Panigate area when one group began hurled acid bulbs at the procession and police party even as groups of two communities clashed when procession of devotees was passing through the area.

Police fired in the air to disperse the mobs, they said.

Power supply in Yakoutpura area went off triggering stone pelting among groups even as officials said that this might have provoked some mischief mongers.

One SRP jawan sustained minor injuries in a clash between two majority community groups at a village in Panchmahahls district of central Gujarat while police lobbed two teargas shells to disperse two groups that had clashed in Balasinor town of Kheda district.

Police also arrested two officials of cellular phone companies for 'defying the police orders to ban SMS' on account of the sensitivity of the occasion.






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