AGRARIAN RIOTS.
SPREADING IN INDIA. By Telegraph.—Press Assn —Copyright. Delhi, Jan. 9. The agrarian riots are still spreading. A large mob attacked Pursatganj, 10 mjlps east of Rat Bareli, which is 48 miles south-east of Lucknow, in order to* loot the bazaars. Police were compelled to fire on the mob. It is reported that four men were killed and two wounded. Two companies of infantry are now in the district and others are under orders to proceed there. So far 600 rioters have been arrested. The day after the ringleaders were arrested 10,000 people assembled outside the gaol at Rai Bareli with the object of attempting to rescue the prisoners. Armed police were compelled to fire, killing six. Cultivators of the land have formed Soviets for the furtherance of their demands. The looting of landlords’ houses and estates continues. The police reserves at Allahabad and Lucknow are being drawn around the disaffected area, preventing the news of the riots from spreading.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PROTECTIVE MEASURES ENFORCED Delhi, Jan. 9. Official advices from the riot area state that the situation is in hand and the necessary protective measures are being enforced. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 January 1921, Page 5
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193AGRARIAN RIOTS. Taranaki Daily News, 11 January 1921, Page 5
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