India Police Battle 2,500 Protesting Slaying of 2 Hindus
Indian police fired scores of tear gas canisters and used wooden staves Friday to prevent more than 2,500 people from marching to Parliament to protest the slaying of two prominent Hindus.
Police said 61 people, including 38 policemen, were injured in the 45-minute clash. Authorities booked 820 protesters for rioting, damaging government property and obstructing police.
The protesters from the right-wing Hindu-dominated Bharatiya Janata, or Indian People’s Party, had gathered downtown to protest the killings Thursday of Hans Raj Sethi, a city councilman, and Sudarshan Munjal, brother of another councilman, by Sikh gunmen.
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