RIOTS AT BOMBAY
SERIOUS DISTURBANCES.
POLICE OVERWHELMED
INHABITANTS PaNIC-STRICKEN
(United Press Association.—By Electric
Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received January 28, 11.0 a.m. CALCUTTA, Jan. 27
Several villages in the ltajouri and Kotli districts of Kashmir have been sacked by armed mobs and the revolt is spreading. A massacre of Hindus was averted at Rajouri by troops, but several are reported to have been killed by the rioters. Many police were injured.
There was serious rioting in connection with the Independence Day celebrations at Bombay, where mobs looted and burned two police stations and’ adjoining buildings. The rioters smashed street lamps, Broke fire alarms, overwhelmed the police. and set fire to buildings. The inhabitants are panicstricken.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 49, 28 January 1932, Page 7
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112RIOTS AT BOMBAY Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 49, 28 January 1932, Page 7
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