In Mumbai, two persons died and 14 others were injured when a protest against Assam riots turned violent. Demonstrators torched vehicles, including media vans, and pelted stones, leading the police to fire in the air and use batons to the disperse the unruly mob today.

The protesters gathered at Azad Maidan Ground in south Mumbai this afternoon on a call given by a city-based outfit, Raza Academy, to denounce the riots in Assam and the alleged attacks on a minority community in Myanmar.

They suddenly turned unruly. A police official said at least, 16 persons were injured and two of them later succumbed to their injuries in a Government hospital at south Mumbai. Among the injured were some media persons.Due to the unrest, suburban train services and road traffic were disrupted.

Security has been stepped up at religious places across the metropolis.Police said,the situation has been brought under control. The cause of the violence is being probed.