Ahmedabad: The state-wide bandh call given by the Patel community in Gujarat over the quota issue had little impact today except in for some pockets dominated by the community members in different cities of the state.
The curfew imposed on Sunday in Mehasana town was lifted on Monday morning, where as the bandh call given by Sardar Patel Group after Sunday's violence in Mehasana town largely remained incident free today, police said.
Police has made elaborate security arrangements in view of the bandh call but schools and colleges, public transport and trains have remained unaffected.
Also, mobile and internet services have been banned in top towns of the state like Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot and Mehasana. The restriction will continue till midnight today.
The bandh call given by the Patel agitators had little impact in major cities like Ahmedabad, Surat and Rajkot.
Even in Mehsana, where community members had on Sunday clashed with police by giving a call of Jail Bharo stir, the bandh call evoked partial response as only areas dominated by Patel population remained closed.
"We lifted the curfew at 6am as the situation was under control. No reports of untoward incident have come so far during the bandh call. Mobile Internet services will remain closed in the city till midnight today," Mehsana district collector Lochan Sehra said.
After violence at Modhera cross roads on Sunday, Mehsana police lodged an FIR against Sardar Patel Group (SPG) President Lalji Patel and 36 others under various sections of IPC, including loot and rioting.
