Junagadh Dy News Today

One person died apparently after being hit by a stone, while at least five police personnel were injured in Gujarats Junagadh city after a group of people hurled stones and torched a vehicle to oppose the civic bodys plan to raze a dargah to clear encroachment, officials said on Saturday

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Junagadh DySP, three sub-inspectors and two other police personnel were injured in the incident, but all of them are out of danger, he said, adding that a mob also set a vehicle on fire.

One person died apparently after being hit by a stone, while at least five police personnel were injured in Gujarat's Junagadh city after a group of people hurled stones and torched a vehicle to oppose the civic body's plan to raze a dargah to clear

Violent clashes erupted in Junagadh city of Gujarat, India, after protesters hurled stones and set fire to a vehicle over the authorities plan to demolish a dargah to clear "encroachment". One person died, reportedly, due to being hit by a stone, while five police personnel were injured. Nearly 174 protesters were rounded up by the police. The Junagadh Municipal Corporation had issued a notice to the mosque near Majevadi Darwaja to produce documents for verifying land ownership, which ...

The police lobbed tear gas shells and baton-charged the protesters to control the situation