Gandhinagar: Violent clashes erupted in Gujarat’s Somnath district on Monday, November 10, after residents of Prabhas Patan area in Veraval allegedly attempted to stop officials from demolishing a dargah, resulting in the arrest of 13 individuals.

The situation turned tense after a conversation between locals and Mamlatdar office staff turned into an altercation. Nearly 100 women and children gathered after officials began demolishing the boundary wall of the dargah.

A while later, the police alleged that the crowd started pelting stones at them, responding to which the police resorted to lathi charge and fired tear gas shells at the crowd, the Indian Express reported.

According to the police, the situation was later brought under control, and the demolition drive was resumed.

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