Indian police in dock over violent clash with strikers

Indian police in dock over violent clash with strikers
By Justin Huggler in Delhi
Published: 27 July 2005

India has reacted with horror to TV pictures showing striking workers being beaten by police India has reacted with horror after it emerged that more than 700 striking workers had been injured, many of them severely, after being beaten by police during clashes on Monday.

As the recriminations began, more violence followed yesterday when relatives of the injured attacked police at the hospital where they were being treated.

Television pictures of Monday's violence showed police officers rounding up hundreds of striking workers at a Honda factory and forcing them to sit or lie on the ground, then beating them with lathis - long bamboo clubs - while the workers pleaded for mercy.

India's parliament was chaotic yesterday as several opposition members walked out in protest, and members from the government's coalition partners demanded action against the police officers involved.
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