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VADODARA: The riot-hit Vadodara city witnessed fresh violence on Tuesday during the funeral procession of two victims of Monday’s police firing near Fatehpur chawk under the curfew-bound city police station area here.
The irate mob, which torched three vehicles, engaged in a fierce battle with the police and Rapid Action Force (RAF) jawans, who were accompanying the procession from Yakutpura to the Sarasia graveyard.
Police said, members belonging to two different communities pelted stones at each other following which they resorted to lathicharge and lobbed teargas shells to quell them. However, no one has been arrested so far.
The trouble reportedly began following pelting of stones at the burial procession of -- Irfan Hussain Dhobi and Mohammad Ayuj Mansoori -- who died in Monday’s police firing during the demolition of a 100-year-old 'dargah' that was encroaching the road at the historic Champaner gate in the walled city.
The situation was brought under control with immediate police intervention and the funeral procession ended without any further violence, police said.
Tension prevailed in Navapura, Wadi, Panigate, Karelibaug and Raopura police station areas, where curfew was clamped on Monday following widespread violence, leading to death of five people, including three in police firing. About 50 others were injured.
The communal tension also affected the western part of the city with several shops and business establishments there remaining closed on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, curfew has been relaxed from 1230 pm to 2.30 pm in Panigate and Raopura police station areas, police said. Two other police station areas - Wadi and Karelibaug - will have curfew relaxation from 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm, while the trouble-prone city and Navapura police station areas will remain curfew-bound, Vadodara Commissioner of Police Deepak Swaroop said.