Date:29/06/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/06/29/stories/2008062959910900.htm
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6 VHP men held in Delhi

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: Six Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists were arrested here on Saturday when their protest against the controversy over land allotment to Shri Amarnathji Yatra Shrine Board turned violent.

According to police, the activists were arrested on charges of rioting and assaulting public servants on duty. The agitation turned violent when the activists threw stones, damaging a police bus parked at the protest venue.

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