Ahmedabad: Police fired in the air and burst teargas shells to quell an unruly mob as violence erupted on March 14 in communally sensitive Vadodara city in Gujarat during a Muharram procession, leaving four people injured.

Two police vehicles were torched by rioters who indulged in heavy stone-pelting in Vadi area, forcing police to fire 10 rounds in the air, official sources said.

A red alert was sounded in the city on March 13 and police and paramilitary personnel kept strict vigil in vulnerable areas.

Tension gripped Pirana town in Ahmedabad rural after Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists told Muslim community leaders not to take out Tazia procession which, however, was staged peacefully.

PTI