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Police have been put on high alert in India's Karnataka state after violence over an article by Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen left two Muslims dead. | |
The protesters were killed in clashes with police after the article, which challenges the Muslim practice of veil wearing, appeared in local newspapers. | |
A curfew has been imposed in the Shimoga area to prevent further unrest. | |
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. |
Muslims said her work was offensive to them. She left India in 2008 after further protests and went to live in Sweden. | |
Police say the protesters were killed after police opened fire in Shimoga, 250km (about 150 miles) north-west of state capital, Bangalore, on Monday. | |
Cases have also been registered against two 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, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa's home district, there was also violence in the town of Hassan. | |
Police say Hindu groups joined the unrest in both places after Muslims took to the streets. About 50 arrests have been made in connection with the violence. | |
"We will not allow communal elements to disturb peace," Mr Yeddyurappa said. | "We will not allow communal elements to disturb peace," Mr Yeddyurappa said. |