Indian riots
The police opened fire on a rioting crowd, killing five people, and arrested nearly 3000 doctors, students and medical students ths week in the Western Indian state of Gujarat At. least 25 people have been .killed in Gujarat since students began protesting . last month against; the reservation of places, for lower''castes: in medical colleges. Five people were killed in four different police firings and a passenger' train was also - set' on firel ~ New Delhi*
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Press, 2 March 1981, Page 18
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