Protesters are seen near a barricade during an anti-coup protest in Yangon, Myanmar March 3, 2021. ― Reuters pic

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GUWAHATI, March 5 — A number of people have begun escaping the turmoil in Myanmar into India, some of them police refusing to take part in the violent crackdown on protests against a military coup there, officials and reports said.