hardly any parallel for such brutality on an unarmed and fasting leader of Suraj Bahu's prominence even during the British raj. There were at least 60 injuries on his person. The Deputy Commissioner and the SP arrived on the scene after two hours and the unconscious leader was taken to hospital.
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