Fans of bull-taming sport attack police station in India – Salon

Gayatri, a protester, said police used tear gas and batons to clear the area. The Indian CNN News channel said at least 20 people were injured in clashes with the police.

Police were trying to remove nearly 2,000 people still there who have formed a human chain at the beach with some even standing deep in the water.

After jallikattu events resumed Sunday in Tamil Nadu, two men were gored to death and dozens injured in the village of Rapoosal, the Press Trust of India reported.

Animal rights activists also call the sport cruel and unsafe to the animals, who often have chili powder rubbed into their eyes and have their tails broken as crowds try to grab them.

The executive order that allowed the sport to resume bypassed a 2014 directive from the Supreme Court. The order will last only six months and could be appealed in court by animal rights groups. The Supreme Court is scheduled to take up the case again later this week.