Riots were reported from three districts of Gujarat on Ram Navami: Sabarkantha district, Anand district and Devbhoomi Dwarka district. One person was also reportedly killed.
After nearly eight years, the owners of Popular Builders, Dashrath and Raman Patel, have withdrawn their petition from Gujarat High Court seeking CBI investigation into the 2004 firing at their office. The Patel brothers, cited as key witnesses by CBI in Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case whose testimonies implicated several IPS officers including D G Vanzara and then minister