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Protest against the Bollywood film Padmaavat has not died down. In the latest report of violence, a petrol bomb on Saturday was thrown by two men outside a theatre in Thane which was screening the film.
According to a report in NDTV, the bomb was hurled at 9 PM outside the Bhanu Sagar theatre in Kalyan in Thane district. It is learnt that no one was injured in the incident.
The reports of violent incident came from other part of the country as well.
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In another incident, unidentified bike-borne miscreants on Saturday hurled a petrol bomb at a cinema theatre screening the controversial film in Karnataka.
The miscreants threw a bottle filled with petrol which exploded in a huge fireball outside Prakash theatre, police said. The explosion sparked panic among the audience, police said. The controversial film has infuriated Rajput groups which allege that the period drama distorts history and hurts the sentiments of their community. Several acts of vandalism were reported in different parts of the country during protests against the film.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmaavat” was released on 25 January after the Supreme Court gave its nod to the film.
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