Police station attacked, bakery burnt in Vadodara  [ Thursday, May 04, 2006 10:24:18 am PTI ]
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VADODARA:
A mob attacked a police station in Navapura and burnt a bakery in Khenderao
Market here on Wednesday night, prompting the police to lob tear gas shells and
open fire to control the situation.
A mob attacked the Navapura
Police Station late Wednesday night and policemen lobbed tear gas shells and
fired three rounds to disperse the group, police said on Thursday.
In Khenderao Market, a bakery
was set on fire by a mob and incidents of stone-pelting were reported from
certain areas, including Yakutpura, last night. An oil mill was also set on fire
in Dahej Road last night, they said.
The army on Wednesday night
staged flag march in all the curfew-bound localities of this town rocked by
communal violence and
arson.
Two columns of the army
marched through the streets of the riot-hit areas in city police station area,
Nawapura, Wadi, Raopura, Karelibagh and Panigate localities, city Police
Commissioner Deepak Swarup said.
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