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Apr. 17 Dramatic Pictures of Rice Riots in Calcutta. Police and Indian Army units in Calcutta and nearby Howrah, opened fire on hostile crowds, among them a number of students, who were protesting against the food policy of the west Bengal Government. 19 people were killed, among them a police constable who was stabbed, and around 100 injured in the recent riots - part of a programme of protests against the Government's food policy by the The price Increase and Famine Resistance Committee, formed by all but one of the left wing parties which hold a majority of votes in the area. A 12 -hour general strike crippled all public transport in the city. and many business houses were callsed. Mobs threw acid bobs and brickbats at the police, while cases of arson and looting were reprted. The communists allege that rice merchants are hoarding up grain to froce the price of the rice up. Subsidised rice is available to about one-third of the population but there is wide dissatisfaction over its qulality, especially by the middle classes who buy it at double the price on the free market. Photo shows Police trew tear gas gas to disperse the riotsers in a Calcutta street - who retaliated with acid bombs and brickbats

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