Mathura clash: sect usurps government land, violence and firing when evicted

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Viewer discretion advised due to possible graphic content. Police officers pays their last respect to one the souls that were lost at the Mathura Violence. Two police officers were among 24 killed June 2 in clashes between cops and encroachers in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, northern India. The clashes occurred when the police tried to evict thousands of members of a sect from a public park at Jawahar Bagh area in the district. The police opened fire when members of Swadheen Bharat Subhash Sena attacked them with swords, knives, guns and grenades. Mukul Dwivedi, Superintendent of Police, who led the eviction drive, was hit on the head with a stone. He died in hospital after three heart attacks, said sources. His colleague, Santosh Kumar Yadav, was shot in the head. As many as 22