A fact-finding mission by the Centre for Study of Society and Secularism found that the rally on Ram Navami had the distinct goal of showing Muslim residents exactly who dominated the area.
Joint Commissioner of Police, Vadodara, Manoj Ninama, who led the combing operation, through the intervening night of Friday, along with a team of over 400 officers in the area said that an FIR has been registered at the Vadodara city police station against 23 accused, who were rounded up and arrested on Friday.
The FIR has been filed against a mob of about 500 persons, who “pelted stones during a procession of Ram Navami”, he said. The accused are members of the minority community.