Seven to 18 members of a Hindutva group have been taken into custody in Pune after they held protests outdoors the venue of a movie competition organised by the Nationwide Movie Archive of India on Sunday, the town police stated.
The protestors opposed the screening of a movie referred to as I Am Not The River Jhelum, alleging that it portrayed the Indian Military in a foul gentle, Vipin Hasabnis, Police Inspector on the Deccan police station advised Scroll.
The movie was screened as a part of “Cinemas of India” movie competition that was held in Pune from February 9 to February 11.
“The members of the Hindutva group held the protest after the movie was screened,” the police inspector stated. “The occasion was not disrupted because of the protest.”
The movie I Am Not The River Jhelum, directed by Prabhash Chandra, depicted life within the heavily-militarised area of Kashmir by the eyes of a number of characters. In March 2022, Chandra collectively received the FFSI KR Mohanan award for Greatest Debut Director from India on the Worldwide Movie Pageant of Kerala.
An individual who was on the screening however requested to stay unidentified stated that an unknown man went as much as Chandra because the question-and-answer session was underway and demanded that he cease the session.
After that, Chandra was seen going into one other room. Police personnel took him away from the venue, reportedly for his security, this particular person stated.
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The protest outdoors the “Cinemas of India” movie competition venue occurred over two weeks after a Hindutva mob barged into Pune’s Movie Tv Institute of India, shouted slogans and set ablaze a banner that stated “Keep in mind Babri, Loss of life of Structure”.
The boys additionally allegedly attacked scholar union President Mankap Nokwoham, Normal Secretary Sayantan Chakrabarty and two others, together with a feminine scholar, who needed to be hospitalised.
The police booked seven college students from the institute beneath Part 153B (making imputations which can be prejudicial to nationwide integrity) and 295A (insulting non secular beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code. Three individuals from Hindutva group Hindu Jan Jagaran Sangathan have been arrested for assaulting college students, in accordance with Newslaundry.
Earlier this week, a car carrying journalist Nikhil Wagle, activist Vishwambhar Choudhary and human rights lawyer Asim Sarode was attacked in Pune by alleged supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Get together.
Wagle was earlier booked by the police for making allegedly defamatory remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior BJP chief LK Advani.