India: Right wing anti migrant mobs thrash North Indians after baby raped in Kolhapur, Maharashtra

MNS, Shiv Sena thrash North Indians after baby raped in Kolhapur
Reported by Tejas Mehta, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Updated: August 13, 2013
Kolhapur: Shopkeepers and migrant workers in Kolhapur from North India were attacked today publicly by workers from the Shiv Sena and Raj Thackeray's MNS who were shouting slogans against North Indians.

Kolhapur_north_Indians_beaten_13Aug13_295_1.jpgTwo mobs of 50 people from each party armed with sticks said they were retaliating for the rape of a young baby on a construction site by a labourer from Jharkhand. An elderly man was kicked to the ground.

The police intervened and broke up the mob with batons but the city, 386 kilometres from Mumbai, remains tense.
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