Clashes erupted in the Shahpur locality of Ahmedabad when police and paramilitary forces tried to enforce the lockdown, asking people to stay indoors. "Some people got agitated, and started pelting stones on the forces," city police commissioner Ashish Bhatia told Reuters. The city has reported more than 5,000 cases of coronavirus, accounting for about 70% of the total cases in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state. The city has also accounted for more than three quarters of the deaths in Gujarat. Overall, India has reported 56,342 cases, of whom at least 1,886 people have died.

Source: bd News24 May 08, 2020 16:41 UTC