The indefinite curfew, clamped in Dahod town in central Gujarat after outbreak of communal violence triggered by an allegation of sexual harassment yesterday, was relaxed for six hours today, police said. The curfew was relaxed from 1 pm to 7 pm, sources said adding that 39 persons have been detained for yesterday’s violence in which three people were hurt.Most shops had downed their shutters despite curfew relaxation, reports from Dahod said. Police lobbed 10 teargas shells to disperse mobs of both communities that took to streets yesterday after a tribal woman was reportedly teased in a predominantly minority locality on Court Road, sources said.At least 12 houses and six vehicles were torched by mobs late last night, special Inspector General of Vadodara Range Deepak Swaroop said. A kiosk was set afire in Govindnagar area and 10 fire-fighters were summoned from nearby Jhalod, Devgadh Baria and Santrampur to douse the fire.
