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Veenu Bhai, who fractured his arm as he was trying to escape, told BBC Hindi that there was confusion and mayhem everywhere.

“They’re keeping the Hindu-Muslim issue hot… so they remain enemies,” said Mehmood Bhai Khatri, a 64-year-old Muslim voter from Modi’s home state of Gujarat, a BJP stronghold.

The emergency services were called to the Kacchi Bhai restaurant, which according to the Daily Bangladesh newspaper, is in a building that has seven floors.

"After rains we would see bits of pottery and stuff coming to the surface. Some people would say there were ghosts here. But we had no idea that we were living next door to such a big graveyard," said Narayan Bhai Jajani, the former headman.

Morbi resident Ashok Bhai Jindani, 55, lit incense before idols of gods in his footwear shop in the town centre which is packed with small businesses.