Toll in clashes between Rajputs and Bharwads climbs to 2

The death toll in the violent clashes between members of Bharwad and Rajput communities in Gujarat's Morbi and Surendranagar districts has risen to two, police said today.

Two persons were also injured in the clashes that took place yesterday.

Internet services have been suspended in both districts for the time being to curb rumour-mongering on social media, as per a government order.

Incidents of arson, stone-pelting and rioting were reported from near Morbi district's Halvad town and in some villages around Surendranagar's Dhrangadhra town yesterday, the police said.

"A man died of a bullet injury last evening in Halvad while another person, who was attacked with a sword at a village near Dhrangadhra, succumbed in the early hours today.

Both of them were from the Bharwad community. Few others were also injured," Surendranagar Superintendent of Police Dipak Kumar Meghani told

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