Indian city under siege, Army called in
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Hundreds of troops on Saturday patrolled Panchkula city in northern India that was hit by deadly clashes that killed at least 30 people after thousands protested a court's decision to convict Spirtual Guru.
The army was deployed in Haryana state's Panchkula city after tens of thousands of followers of guru Ram Rahim Singh went on an angry rampage, attacking television vans and setting fire to dozens of private vehicles.
Security forces were put on high alert to ensure there was no repeat of the violence that erupted on Friday afternoon, minutes after a special court pronounced the self-styled guru guilty of raping two of his followers.
Mobile phone services were disrupted in some parts of Haryana and neighbouring Punjab state, where authorities had earlier imposed a curfew following the clashes.
Although the curfew was lifted in Panchkula on Saturday, restrictions on public assembly remained in place. Haryana police chief B.S Sandhu told AFP on Saturday that at least 30 people had died with the toll likely to rise as some of the wounded were being treated for serious head injuries.
