Fresh violence in Vadodara as man set afire [ Wednesday, May 03, 2006 03:01:48 am PTI ]
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VADODRA:
An unruly mob on Tuesday night set ablaze a car burning alive a person as
sporadic clashes continued in the city where two days of violence sparked by the
demolition of a dargah left six
dead.
One person was charred to
death when a mob set on fire a car in curfew-clamped Arjuwa road at around
midnight, Vadodra Police Commissioner Deepak Swaroop
said.
He said police were
ascertaining reasons that led to the fresh
flare-up.
Earlier in the day,
one person was killed when police fired at rioters in Moti Vohrawaad area in the
wee hours.
With these two
deaths, the toll in two days of violence in the city rose to six, three were
killed in police firing, two were stabbed to death and one was burnt
alive.
A total of 40 people
were arrested in connection with the
violence.
Police also fired
warning shots in the air at Nalbandh Vada area to scatter a stone-pelting mob
during the funeral procession of a person killed in police
firing.
The protesters also
threw acid bottles injuring five policemen.
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