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Mob attacks thana in K'taka over WhatsApp post

At least 40 people were arrested and prohibitory orders clamped for four days in Hubballi, about 400km from Bengaluru, after a mob attacked police and their cars at a police station with stones on Saturday night over a youth’s provocative WhatsApp post that offended the minority community. The youth was arrested. A Karnataka police inspector and 11 cops suffered minor injuries and seven of their vehicles were damaged in the attack that happened between 9.30pm and midnight.

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