Two people died and over 100 others were injured on Sunday when a protest march at Karontha village, 10 km from Haryana’s Rohtak district, took a violent turn.
Arya Samaj protesters, opposing the re-opening of an ashram of controversial godman Rampal, set several buses, one ambulance and a liquor vend on fire, vandalised 10 other vehicles and clashed with the police who tried to stop them.
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The Arya Samajis claimed that the ownership of the ashram was illegal. The ashram followers, however, had filed a petition before court which in its judgement had ordered it to maintain status quo and asked concerned authorities to provide security to the dera followers.
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