Curfew lifted from remaining 6 areas of Ahmedabad; violence free Guj

Several persons were killed in police firing in different parts of the state.

The army is being deployed in violence-hit Ahmedabad and a flag march will be carried out soon, an army spokesperson said on Wednesday.

While firmly ruling out negotiations on the issue, Hardik said his sole objective is the inclusion of Patel community in the OBC category and not the abolition of the quota system. “Now it is not required”, Beniwal told PTI. Meanwhile curfew has been lifted from Ramol, Odhav, Krishnanagar, Bapunagar, Naroda and Nikol areas of the city from 0500 hrs this morning, the state police control room informed UNI. Riots, arson, stone-pelting and widespread damage to public and private property forced the authorities to call the army and paramilitary forces.

Some areas of Surat city, Mahesana city and four of its towns, Palanpur and Gadh village of Banaskantha district and a few more places were also under curfew for two days.

Yesterday, curfew was lifted from three areas of the city (Naranpura, Ghatlodia and Vadaj), Desai said. In view of the festival of Rakshabandhan, shops as well as other business establishments remained open today with people flocking the markets.

No major incident of violence was reported since Thursday.

A police officer said mobile Internet services would be turned back on only after the situation has calmed down and everything returns to normal, as local Indian news outlet NDTV reports.

Ahmedabad Commissioner of Police Shivanand Jha said curfew will continue in areas under the jurisdiction of nine police stations even on Wednesday night.