DHAKA: Authorities in India’s Gujarat state arrested at least 40 people after late-night clashes between Hindus and Muslims in the city of Vadodara and suspended mobile phone internet and bulk text messaging services for four days.

Officials said on Sunday, reports The Straits Times.

Crowds from the two religious communities pelted each other with stones and set several vehicles alight until police dispersed them using tear gas on Saturday evening after days of tensions in the city, police told media.

‘We have made 40 arrests since last night and will make more to quell the rioting,’ SK Nanda, Gujarat’s home secretary, said.

The police did not provide the number of injured in the clashes.

BDST: 2058 HRS, SEP 28, 2014