FLARE-UP IN DISORDERS
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Many Casualties In India TROQPS REINFORCE POLICE
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Received Tuesday, 10 a.m. CALCUTTA, Oce. 28. At least 32 were killed and 62 injur,ed today in clasiaes. Tiie police opened iire several times and new military reinforcements have been deployed throughout the'city. Police reinforcements were rushed to Bihar Province, where in a comnrunal flare-up 55 were killed ,-ana xnjurect m various rowns aua I villages on October 24. Hooligans were again getting the upper hand, says the Daily Telegraph's Calcutta corfespondent. Tne casualty figures for the weekend were the highest since the first three days of the August riots, with a total of 41 dead and 315 injured. The police had to open fire frequently to quell unruly mobs. Their fire caused one-third of the casualUes. ine constac crackie of rifle fire and scream of fire engine sirens is keeping citizens wakeful. The police used teargas to disperse demonstrators near the Assembly Chamber as Mr. Nehru's All Indian Cabinet appeared for the first time for the opening of the Central Assembly session, the agenda for which includes the introduction of 24 Bills. Police, rushed to a disturbance in the Chitput district, fired on the demonstrators. Three were killed and 98 arrested. The police later broke up a battling mob of Hindus and Moslems in the Beliaghata area and arrested 20. _
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Chronicle (Levin), 29 October 1946, Page 5
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