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A roadside photograph of a traffic scene on a paved road. In the foreground a uniformed police officer in khaki shirt and trousers, with a brown belt and holster, stands with his back partly to the camera and his arm extended toward the vehicles. A white Mahindra Bolero-style SUV with the lettering 'DONATED BY: STATE BANK OF MYSORE, MANDYA MAIN BR' on its door passes, with two men visible inside, one in a light shirt at the rear window and another at the driver's window. Behind it a white light truck with a canvas-covered load and a silver car are visible. Railway tracks, a traffic signal, palm trees and a flat landscape lie beyond the road.

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