Karni Sena activists torched a car owned by another Karni Sena activist in Bhopal on Wednesday evening during a protest held to oppose the release of Padmaavat.

Police have detained 6 people in connection with the incident.

Inspector General of Law and Order Yogesh Chaudhry said that a protest had been called at the Jyoti Talkies intersection on Wednesday evening by Karni Sena and other groups opposing the release of the movie Padmawat.

The protest turned violent after some time and some miscreants set on fire a Maruti Swift car parked close by.

Later, it emerged that the car MP 04 HC 9653 was owned by one Surendra Singh Chauhan, who is an activist himself of the Karni Sena. The activist lives in a EWS colony and is not financially very well off. Members of the Hindu Jagran Manch were also present at the protest and tore down posters of BJP leaders and ministers that had been put there earlier.

About 100 people assembled at the intersection and warned cinema owners to not screen the film that releases on Friday.

After the arson, police rounded up about half a dozen people and took them to the MP Nagar police station. Soon after that a large number of activists collected at the police stations demanding that a case not be registered for arson since the victim was not pressing charges.

Earlier, the MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan had announced the banning of the film in the state. The film was however given a clearance by the censor board after which the Supreme Court said that it cannot be banned.

Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh filed petitions in the Supreme Court on Tuesday demanding that the screening be stopped on grounds of law and orders. The Supreme Court struck down these petitions too.

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/karni-sena-men-unknowingly-set-fire-to-fellow-activist-s-car-in-bhopal-to-protest-padmaavat-release-1153685-2018-01-24