The riot Violence occurred Coming_to_be after the wrongful arrest Arrest of an Asian man by the West Yorkshire Police which was alleged Statement to have been heavy-handed .

Generally , activities of the army in Battambang prior to the revolt were heavy-handed and often brutal , alienating and enraging the inhabitants .

The 1921 riot began Process_start as a reaction against a heavy-handed crackdown Process_end on the Khilafat Movement , a campaign Social_event in defense of the Ottoman Caliphate , by the British authorities in the Eranad and Valluvanad `` taluks '' of Malabar .