Five people have been killed in caste-related violence in western India.
Among those killed were a father and son caught in a protesting crowd on their way home from work and then killed when police fired on a crowd on Tuesday night in Ahmadabad.
On Wednesday, two people died from police gunfire in Palanpur, and a third was killed by paramilitary fire in Mehsana, according to police officials.
Isolated clashes between protesters and police occurred in several other cities in Gujarat, including the diamond cutting and polishing hub of Surat.
TV stations reported that police fired tear gas to disperse the crowds in some parts of the state, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was chief minister for 12 years.
A curfew has been imposed, after members of the influential Patidars, or Patels, clashed with the police and local people.
Patidars make up about 20 per cent of Gujarat's 63 million people and say their livelihoods based on seasonal farming and small industry have become increasingly difficult amid India's agricultural malaise and rapid economic growth marked by high inflation.
India sets aside a proportion of government jobs and university places for Dalits, known as "untouchables", and for so-called "other backward castes" under measures intended to bring victims of the worst discrimination into the mainstream.
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