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NEW DELHI, March 27: Police shot dead one person in Ahmedabad, the main city in Gujarat, when they opened fire to disperse clashing mobs on Tuesday night.
The clash coincided with the death of a woman burned in her home in an incident in a town north of the city on Monday.
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee summoned Gujarat’s Chief Minister Narendra Modi to New Delhi to provide an update on developments in the state.
A 75-year-old woman died of burns sustained when a mob set fire to her house in Viramgam, an official said.—Reuters
