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AHMEDABAD (AFP) - Police in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi s home state of Gujarat have arrested 40 people after clashes between Hindus and Muslims and suspended mobile Internet and text messaging services, an official said Sunday.

The two groups pelted each other with stones and set vehicles alight on Saturday in the city of Vadodara following several days of tensions, police said.

Paramilitary forces have been deployed in response in Vadodara, which is 110 kilometres (68 miles) from the state s main city of Ahmedabad, police said.

"Police have arrested over 40 people in connection with the communal riots in Vadodara," said senior state government official S.K Nanda.

"The number is likely to increase as combing operations are still on," Nanda, additional chief secretary for the home ministry, told AFP.

The ban on phone services would remain in place until September 30 in a bid to stop the clashes spreading and to defuse tensions, officials said.

Tensions have been mounting since Thursday after distorted photos of the Muslim holy land of Mecca were circulated on social media that Muslims found offensive, the Indian Express newspaper reported on Sunday.

Modi, who is currently in the United States and is set to meet with US President Barack Obama, won the seat of Vadodara at the national elections in May.

Modi, whose Hindu nationalist party swept to power with a landslide victory, later vacated Vadodara after winning both of the seats that he was allowed to contest.

Religious riots in Gujarat in 2002 between majority Hindus and minority Muslims left at least 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, dead.

As chief minister of Gujarat at the time, Modi was heavily criticised for failing to stop the bloodshed. But he has always denied wrongdoing and was cleared by a Supreme Court-ordered investigation.

The US had shunned Modi for years over the riots, a move that was dropped when it became clear he would win power nationally.

40 arrested after religious clashes in India's Gujarat | World | Dunya News
 
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source's also indicates that the arrested only were muslims
 
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Those who incite hate....i.e those who distribute content offensive to other religion.
u know the muslim kid in pune was killed by hindu mobs who were offended by some one posting offensive things about hindus and hindu leaaders...so according to u ofcourse, they are not at fault ..rt?
 
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Musleems attacked hindu procession in baroda. So who should be arrested?
If the Hindus instigated the riot as usual then the Hindus should be arrested. Why the Hindus had to circulate the holy places pictures of in the social media?
 
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Got to love how the incident was dealt with by arresting 40 people. No more "secular" BS. You make trouble, you end up in Jail. :tup:

They tried to disrupt Navratri, BJP govt. shut them down FAST. lol.
 
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I was in Vadodara on that day when clashes happened it was happening a small area of vadodara called Fatehganj if not wrong while i was staying a in Furaat hotel owned by Muslims when i enquired about incident from hotel Muslim staff they said that area is known for all wrong reason its not the first time such incident happened, you dont need to fear at all as I had plan to leave on Saturday morning, they further said police will take care of them this is not UP... Sms n Social sites were blocked immediately n police took no time to control the situation.... A thumbs up to Gujarat police.......
 
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