Video: Manoj Kumar; Editing: Suraj Wadhwa
A Haryana Roadways bus was set on fire near village Bhondsi in Gurugram allegedly by activists of Karni Sena.
This latest incident of hooliganism occurred despite Haryana Police claims that nobody would be allowed to disrupt peace in the state in the wake of the controversial movie's release tomorrow.
"A bus was burnt in the incident," said a police official in Gurguram adding that there was no loss of life in the incident.
Activists allegedly owing allegiance to Karni Sena were protesting against the release of the movie, an official said.
Significantly, few days back, Haryana director general of police BS Sandhu had cautioned trouble makers asserting that nobody would be allowed to disrupt peace in the state.
The police had also said that it would provide adequate security to the cinema halls that screen the movie on January 25.
A number of fringe groups had threatened multiplex, theatre and cinema hall owners against the screening of the movie alleging that it portrayed the character of 'Rani Padmavati' in "poor light".
Earlier, a group of unidentified hooligans had vandalized a shopping mall in Kurukshetra in January 21. Carrying sharp edged weapons and sticks, they broke the glasses panes of shops in the mall.
All clubs and bars in Gurugram have been ordered to be closed from 7 pm on Wednesday till further order in the light of protests against Padmavaat. Action will be taken against defaulters, said the Haryana police.
Meanwhile as the violence flaring up across Rajasthan against ‘Padmaavat’, many distributors in the state have decided not to release Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s controversial film, while magnificent the Chittor Fort in Chittorgarh has been shut down for a day –for the second time in its centuries-old history.
