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| Police have been put on alert in India's Karnataka state after violence over an article by Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen left two people dead. | Police have been put on alert in India's Karnataka state after violence over an article by Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen left two people dead. |
| Two protesters were killed after the article, which challenges the Muslim practice of wearing a veil, appeared in a local newspaper. | |
| A curfew has been imposed in the affected Shimoga area until Wednesday. | |
| Ms Nasreen fled her native Bangladesh in 1994 after receiving death threats relating to a book she had written. | Ms Nasreen fled her native Bangladesh in 1994 after receiving death threats relating to a book she had written. |
| She left India in 2008 after further protests and went to live in Sweden. Muslims said her work was offensive to them. | She left India in 2008 after further protests and went to live in Sweden. Muslims said her work was offensive to them. |
| Cases have also been registered against the newspapers for carrying the controversial article, police said. | Cases have also been registered against the newspapers for carrying the controversial article, police said. |
| About 15 people were injured in Monday's violence in Karnataka, and several shops and vehicles set on fire. | About 15 people were injured in Monday's violence in Karnataka, and several shops and vehicles set on fire. |
| As well as the unrest in Shimoga, Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa's home district, there was also violence in the town of Hassan. | As well as the unrest in Shimoga, Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa's home district, there was also violence in the town of Hassan. |
| Police say they have arrested about 50 people in connection with the violence in both places. | Police say they have arrested about 50 people in connection with the violence in both places. |
| "We will not allow communal elements to disturb peace," Mr Yeddyurappa said. | "We will not allow communal elements to disturb peace," Mr Yeddyurappa said. |