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Death toll mounts to 8, curfew continues in Ahmedabad

With one more person succumbing to injuries, the death toll in Sunday's violence in Ahmedabad has gone up to eight even as indefinite curfew continued in Danilimda and Shahpur police station areas, police said on Monday.

The situation in Danilimda, Kagdapeth, Maninagar, Shahpur and Madhupura police station areas was under control, they said.

Shops and houses were set on fire by irate mobs in Danilimda areas and at least three persons were set ablaze by mobs in Maninagar and Kagdapeth areas, the police said.

Over 40 people received injuries, about 12 of them in police firing in Danilimda areas.

PTI

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