COMMUNAL RIOT
HINDUS AND MOSLEMS
MANY KILLED OR WOUNDED ,
CALCUTTA, April A
Twenty-two people were killed and 200 injured in a communal riot between Hindus and Moslems at Ahmedabad. Looting and incendiarism occurred. The military were called out as a precaution and the situation was brought under control. The night was fairly quiet, but today the situation deteriorated. The police and the military fired several shots when more cases of incendiarism occurred. The Government has sent strong reinforcements'of armed police and is arranging to send .additional trooDS.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 93, 21 April 1941, Page 6
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87COMMUNAL RIOT Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 93, 21 April 1941, Page 6
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