Karnataka
(ANI):
At
least
two
people
died
and
four
others
injured
when
police
opened
fire
to
control
a
violent
mob
protesting
against
Bangladeshi
writer
Taslima
Nasreen
in
Karnataka"s
Shimoga
district
on
Monday
evening.
The
incident
took
place
when
some
organisations
raised
objection
against
an
article
on
burqa
tradition
written
by
Nasreen
in
a
Kannada
newspaper.
The
procession
turned
violent
and
the
mob
pelted
stones
on
vehicles,
in
which
at
least
20
vehicles,
including
eight
state
transport
corporation
buses,
were
damaged.
The
mob
also
torched
12
two
wheelers
and
an
auto.
The
incidents
of
petrol
bomb
throwing
were
also
reported
from
different
parts
of
the
city.
Shimoga
is
the
hometown
of
Karnataka
Chief
Minister
BS
Yediyurappa.
A
night
curfew
has
been
imposed
in
four
police
station
areas
in
the
city.
Meanwhile,
the
state
Home
Department
has
issued
alert
notice
and
imposed
section
144
in
main
cities
as
a
precautionary
measure.
Opposition
party
leader
Sidharamayya
raised
the
matter
in
the
Vidhan
Sabha.
State
Law
Minister
Suresh
Kumar
assured
the
House
that
the
Government
will
make
a
detailed
statement
on
Tuesday.