19, Jul 2014

Tear gas shells were fired with locals claiming that mobs from both communities clashed after evening namaaz.
Communal clashes marred Friday evening in Vadodara and went on until late in the night as two communities clashed in different parts of the city. While the police downplayed the incident, six tear gas shells were fired with locals claiming that mobs from both communities clashed right after the evening namaz in the area.
The incident began at about 7.30 pm on Friday, in Panigate, when a motorcycle rider, belonging to one community allegedly got into a scuffle with a group of another community. Muslim spiritual leader, Gadinaseen Haji Dastagir Shaikh from the Pir Dada Sadanshah Sharmast Hussain Syed Mastan Baba Darbar in the communally sensitive Juni Gadi area of Panigate in the city said that the argument soon turned into a full-blown communal clash as mobs from both communities began pelting stones. Dastagir said, “The stone pelting began after the argument between members of two communities over a parking issue in the area. Within a matter of minutes we could see stones being hurled. Several people have got hurt in the stone