 At least three people have been killed in protests by low-caste Hindus across India's Maharashtra state, police say. One person died when police open fired on protesters. Crowds attacked property and set fire to at least two trains on the outskirts of Mumbai (Bombay). More than 50 people, 30 of them police, were hurt in the protests and nearly 100 vehicles damaged, police say. Unrest began after a statue to BR Ambedkar, a low-caste Hindu (Dalit) hero, was destroyed in Uttar Pradesh. Ambedkar, the chief architect of India's constitution, came from Maharashtra in the west of India. Dalits account for nearly 13% of the state's population. Police in Uttar Pradesh state in the north say a number of people are being questioned in connection with the destruction of the statue in the city of Kanpur on Tuesday night. ...
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