FURTHER RIOTS IN CALCUTTA
200 Demonstrators Arrested
(Rec. 10 p.m.) CALCUTTA, Feb. 19. Demonstrators waged guerrilla war against police and troops last night in the third day of riots touched off by the strike of 25,000 secondary school teachers in About 200 demonstrators were arrested for disturbing the peace and damaging State property. In Northern Calcutta, police opened fire twice on rioters, who retaliated with brickbats and home-made bombs. One policeman was seriously injured when a bomb exploded in his face.
Police foiled several attempts to set State buses on fire. In some areas brickbats were thrown at passengers in moving buses. Police said the rioters operated by entering back lanes and plunging them in darkness by stoning the street lamps. Then they attacked police and troops with brickbats. In one area police fought a two-hour battle before breaking up a crowd of demonstrators.
An official statement said rioting on February 17 caused about £74,000 worth of damage to State property.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27279, 20 February 1954, Page 7
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