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[ THURSDAY, MAY 04, 2006 12:40:11 AM]
VADODARA: Fresh violence broke out here on Wednesday following the burning alive of a man in his car last night. The Centre dispatched five companies of 500 paramilitary personnel to contain the situation in the city.

Two factories were set on fire by a mob in Sardar industrial area and incidents of stone-pelting were reported from some parts of the city, police sources said.

The authorities withdrew their earlier decision to relax curfew in Navapure, Wadi, Raopura, Panigate and Karelibag, following last night’s incident in which a mob set ablaze a car, burning alive a person in Arjuwa road.

Security in the troubled areas has been tightened after last night’s incident. Amidst charges of police inaction, the Centre reviewed the situation and decided to dispatch five companies of paramilitary forces, including four of rapid action force, to assist the Gujarat police.

A home ministry spokesman said “Home minister Shivraj Patil has spoken to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi over the telephone and asked him to make all efforts to bring the situation in Vadodara under control.”

Meanwhile, asserting that the situation in this violence-hit town was under control, chief minister Narendra Modi warned that strict action would be taken against rioters. “After last night’s violence, the situation is under control,” Mr Modi, who toured the riot-affected areas, told reporters here.

Issuing a stern warning to those fomenting trouble, he said, “Nobody has the right to take the law in his own hands. I warn rioters, whatever community they belong to...The law will do its duty. If someone thinks injustice has been done, he can seek legal recourse.”

Union home secretary VK Duggal also spoke to the Gujarat chief secretary and the state DGP, assuring all help in the form of additional forces, the spokesman added. Gujarat home minister Amit Shah visited the city this morning and reviewed the situation there.

Modi is also expected to visit the city later in the day. Minority Commission member Mohammed H Ansari has condemned the police firing in the city. Six persons have been killed in violence that broke out after the demolition of a Dargah in the city on Monday.

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