vIndianz.com (2 Mar, 2010) — Bangalore: The situation is peaceful on Tuesday in Shimoga and Hassan in Karnataka, which saw violence over publication of an article by controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen in a leading Kannada daily Kannada Prabha.
“The situation is peaceful,” Shimoga Superintendent of Police S. Murugan said. He said around 50 persons have been arrested in connection with the violence and added that the dusk to dawn curfew imposed in four localities of Shimoga town has been extended till evening.
In Shimoga, Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa’s home town, two persons were killed – one in police firing and the other in violence – over publication of the Kannada version of the article.
In Hassan, where prohibitory orders were imposed for three days since Monday, the situation was under control with the deployment of Karnataka State Reserve Police force, Superintendent of Police Sharat Chandra said.
An FIR has been lodged against the Kannada daily and also the Urdu newspaper which carried the article “hurting the sentiments of a religious community.”
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