Dozens injured in Indian holy city riots
Extra police and paramilitaries were deployed to the Indian holy city of Varanasi yesterday 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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