INDIAN RIOTS 125 Dead
(N.Z Press Assn.—Copyright) BOMBAY, May 14.
Deaths in Hindu-Moslem rioting in Maharashtra State towns near Bombay rose to 125 yesterday, the Associated Press reported. The State Chief Minister (Mr V. P. Naik) ordered police to shoot at sight those breaking the curfew and indulging in violence. The hottest spots in the troubled area now are Thana town and surrounding villages, where 14 were killed in two days and arson and looting incidents continued. The police said that in Bhiwandi, 67 had died and 445 were injured. In Jalgaon, 42 were killed and 80 injured and arrests exceeded 2000. One person was killed in Badlapur. Cars and trucks were burned in other villages near Bhiwandi, where 8000 chickens at a poultry farm were burned to death when their pens were set on fire. In Bombay police clamped a one-week ban on assemblies of more than five persons and began a mass round-up of known bad characters.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32297, 15 May 1970, Page 13
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