140 arrested in Gujarat communal clashes as Narendra Modi visits US Monday, 29 September 2014 | Place: Gujarat | Agency: Reuters A Rapid Action Force (RAF) member fires a tear gas shell to disperse a mob after clashes in Vadodara. Police in Gujarat have arrested 140 people after two men were stabbed during violence between Hindus and Muslims that left more than a dozen injured and was triggered by an image posted on Facebook, officials said on Monday. The violence in the state of Gujarat coincides with a visit to the United States by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is set to meet President Barack Obama later on Monday on a trip emphasizing Indias economic potential. Gujarats government deployed riot police to control the clashes in the city of Vadodara over the weekend and appealed to religious leaders to intervene to curb them. Mobile telephone Internet and bulk text messaging has been suspended for four days as a precautionary step. We arrested 140 people on Sunday evening after two men were stabbed, the citys police commissioner, E. Radhakrishnan, said. The injured are under medical observation and those who have been arrested are being interrogated. Trouble was sparked by an image widely distributed on social media website Facebook that some Muslims considered offensive to Islam, said a senior administration official in the city.
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