LUCKNOW, India, Oct 6, 2015 (AFP) - Extra police and paramilitaries were deployed to the Indian holy city of Varanasi Tuesday after nearly 50 people were injured during riots in which a police post was torched and dozens of vehicles damaged.
The violence broke out on Monday night when police fired tear gas at a group of holy men known as sadhus who were protesting at the authorities’ refusal to allow them to immerse idols in the River Ganges last month.
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