POLICE FIRE ON MOB
RESISTANCE TO TAXES
(Received 6th December, 8 a.m.) LONDON, sth December. The police were attacked twice this week by villagers in the Saran district of Bihar and Orissa while assisting in collecting taxes, and were compelled to fire to disperse a mob of several thousands armed with spears who surrounded them. One rioter was killed and several were injured, and constables and horses were hurt.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 137, 6 December 1930, Page 9
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69POLICE FIRE ON MOB Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 137, 6 December 1930, Page 9
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