There has been a violent protest in Shimaga and Hassan due to a kannada paper published the translated version of controversial writer Taslima Nasreen’s article t6hat hurt the religious sentiments.
Two people were killed and more than twenty five were injured in shimoga when police opened fire when protesters burned several two wheelers,tractors,auto rickshaws and threw stones at building and business establishments.In Hassan protesters burned two wheelers,shops and threw stones at buses and buildings.
Nasreen said “The incident that occurred in Karnataka on Monday shocked me. I learned that it was provoked by an article written by me that appeared in a Karnataka newspaper. But I have never written any article for any Karnataka newspaper in my life,The appearance of the article is atrocious. In any of my writings I have never mentioned that Prophet Muhammad was against burkha. Therefore this is a distorted story,I suspect that it is a deliberate attempt to malign me and to misuse my writings to create disturbance in the society. I wish peace will prevail.”
HOPE PEACE PREVAILS