INDIAN POLICE HAVE IMPOSED A CURFEW IN PARTS OF THE WESTERN CITY OF AH...

World | March 16, 2002, Saturday // 00:00

Indian police have imposed a curfew in parts of the western city of Ahmedabad after deadly clashes between Hindu and Muslim gangs continued into the early hours of Saturday. Two people died and 14 others were injured in the fighting, according to the city's Police Commissioner P.C. Pande. The violence began Friday, hours after a group of Hindu hardliners stopped short of performing a "puja" or prayer service near a disputed religious site in the central Indian town of Ayodhya.

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