AHMEDABAD,(PTI): Two persons were killed and six others injured as violence broke out in Dariapur and Shahpur areas of the city when the annual Rath Yatra was passing through these localities on July 2.
Half-a-dozen shops were set on fire by a mob in Delhi Chakla and Jordan road localities, falling under Dariapur and Shahpur police stations.
Police opened fire after bursting of several teargas shells failed to disperse the stone pelting mob in Delhi Chakla area.
The two-km long Yatra was taken out from the Jagannath temple in Jamalpur area Thursday.
Article extracted from this publication >> July 17, 1992
