Three people were killed in Ahmedabad of Indian state of Gujarat in the late night violence, The Hindu newspaper said quoting unconfirmed reports on Wednesday.
The violence was triggered reportedly by the arrest of Hardik Patel, who is spearheading a campaign demanding OBC status for the Patel community.
In north Gujarat, mobs set fire to the offices of a minister and two MLAs.
According to The Hindu, a few areas in Ahmedabad, Surat, Mehsana, Visnagar, and Unjha were placed under curfew on Wednesday. In other places paramilitary forces have been deployed to ensure law and order situation in the state as Gujarat remained closed for the day.
Meanwhile, India’s prime minister Narendra Modi, who is from Gujarat state, appealed to the people to maintain peace. “I request everyone to please maintain peace, violence benefits no one... Violence will never achieve anything,” he was quoted to have said.
The Hindu, quoting police sources, said more than 50 buses were torched, while many government properties were targeted by the angry mobs, who were upset with the police crackdown on agitators.