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Clashes in Patna, Hyderabad injure several; police use baton, tear gas to disperse crowds at places
Clashes in Patna and Hyderabad injured several people amid police dispersal of political gatherings
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Samachar Pathshala Desk
Published 23 Jul 2026 · 1 min
Key takeaways
- The Constitution protects peaceful assembly, but the State may impose reasonable restrictions in the interests of public order.
- Crowd-control tools such as batons and tear gas are used when gatherings turn into disorderly assemblies.
Clashes broke out in Patna and Hyderabad, and several people were injured. Police used batons and tear gas to disperse gatherings at multiple locations.
The unrest is linked to a wider protest wave associated with the Rahul Gandhi episode and the political mobilisation that followed it.
What happened now
The UPSC angle
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Protests, crowd control, and state response
UPSC can frame this as a law-and-order and governance issue: how police manage politically charged protests, the balance between maintaining public order and protecting civil liberties, and the administrative response to multi-city unrest.
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