Statements: 1. Police had resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the unruly mob from the civic headquarters. 2. The civic administration has recently hiked the property tax of the residential buildings by about 30 percent.

Statements:

Police had resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the unruly mob from the civic headquarters.
The civic administration has recently hiked the property tax of the residential buildings by about 30 percent.

[A].	Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.
[B].	Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.
[C].	Both the statements I and II are independent causes.
[D].	Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.
[E].	Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Both the statements I and II are the effects of independent causes.