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| Police in India have arrested 10 more people in connection with an attack on women inside a bar in the southern city of Mangalore. | Police in India have arrested 10 more people in connection with an attack on women inside a bar in the southern city of Mangalore. |
| All the men belong to a little known local right wing group called the Sri Ram Sena (Army of Lord Ram). | All the men belong to a little known local right wing group called the Sri Ram Sena (Army of Lord Ram). |
| With public outrage over Saturday's attack growing, a total of 27 people have been arrested so far. | With public outrage over Saturday's attack growing, a total of 27 people have been arrested so far. |
| A man who calls himself the head of the group said it was "not acceptable" for women to go to bars in India. | A man who calls himself the head of the group said it was "not acceptable" for women to go to bars in India. |
| Pramod Mutalik, who is still at large, defended the action of his men in phone interviews with TV news channels. | Pramod Mutalik, who is still at large, defended the action of his men in phone interviews with TV news channels. |
| "What my men did was right. The media is using this small incident to malign the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) government in the state," he said. | "What my men did was right. The media is using this small incident to malign the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) government in the state," he said. |
| However, the state-ruling Hindu nationalist BJP has said that it has nothing to do with Sri Ram Sena. | |
| Another spokesman for Sri Ram Sena was quoted in newspapers as saying that the group attacked the women to try to "stop indecent behaviour" that "spoils Hindu tradition". | Another spokesman for Sri Ram Sena was quoted in newspapers as saying that the group attacked the women to try to "stop indecent behaviour" that "spoils Hindu tradition". |
| Outrage | Outrage |
| Television pictures showed the men chasing and beating up the panicking women in Mangalore, in Karnataka state. Some of the women, who tripped and fell, were kicked by the men. | Television pictures showed the men chasing and beating up the panicking women in Mangalore, in Karnataka state. Some of the women, who tripped and fell, were kicked by the men. |
| There has been a national outrage against the attack. | There has been a national outrage against the attack. |
| Federal women's affairs minister Renuka Chowdhury said it smacked of tactics used by the Taleban against women in Afghanistan. | Federal women's affairs minister Renuka Chowdhury said it smacked of tactics used by the Taleban against women in Afghanistan. |
| The Indian Express newspaper said such attacks "further encourage a latent puritanism, the kind that is deeply threatened by modernity and dark subversions like women enjoying alcohol". | The Indian Express newspaper said such attacks "further encourage a latent puritanism, the kind that is deeply threatened by modernity and dark subversions like women enjoying alcohol". |
| The Hindustan Times newspaper, in an editorial, described the attackers as "thugs, not custodians". | The Hindustan Times newspaper, in an editorial, described the attackers as "thugs, not custodians". |
| "We have seen a rash of self-appointed moral guardians telling people what art is 'acceptable' and what they should wear or read. Such proscriptions have no place in a diverse democracy like ours," the newspaper wrote. | "We have seen a rash of self-appointed moral guardians telling people what art is 'acceptable' and what they should wear or read. Such proscriptions have no place in a diverse democracy like ours," the newspaper wrote. |
| "The Sri Ram Sena goons... should be made an example of to deter future self-righteous busybodies who give Ram and India a bad name." | "The Sri Ram Sena goons... should be made an example of to deter future self-righteous busybodies who give Ram and India a bad name." |