Protests Turn Violent Outside Gurgaon School, Cops Lathicharge Mob

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The police had to lathicharge a mob outside Gurgaon's Ryan International School this morning after it resorted to arson and later detained 20 people. Three busloads of police men had been called to the school after a nearby liquor store was set on fire by hundreds of protesters, who want the police to take action against the school where a seven-year-old child was found murdered inside a toilet on Friday.

"We appeal all of you to please vacate this area peacefully. Do not resort to violence," said a senior police officer, addressing the crowd on loudspeakers.