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Army steps in to check spread of violence

As many as nine columns would stage a flag march in Ahmedabad, which was badly hit during the arson with 55 people dying in separate incidents, police said.

Two army columns each would be going to Godhra and Baroda, they said.

Gujarat had witnessed communal violence since February 27 after some passengers on the Sabarmati Express, mostly 'karsevaks', were attacked at Godhra railway station.

In retaliation, members of a minority community have been the specific target of people's wrath across the state.

The mob fury was seen at its worst when an angry mob stormed the residence of former Congress MP Ehsan Jaffri at Meghaninagar area in Ahmedabad and set it ablaze resulting in death of Jaffri and 19 other family members.

PTI

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