The authorities have now deployed additional security to prevent further violence and a curfew has been imposed in the worst affected area of Ramu sub-district.

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Villages far from Ramu sub-division were also targeted by the mob.

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But unlike Ramu, Mistry is not seeking the American Dream.

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