Photos: Tensions grip states ahead of Padmaavat release, 100 arrested

People protesting the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Padmaavat’ went on rampage in Gujarat on Tuesday, burning vehicles and pelting stones even as cinema halls announced they would not screen it despite Supreme Court orders.

Updated on: Jan 24, 2018 6:35 PM IST

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A group of people stopped a train at Bhuteshwar railway station during protests against the film ‘Padmaavat’, in Mathura. Several incidents of violent protests are being reported in different parts of the nation against the release of the movie. (AFP)

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Smoke and fire emerges from a cinema ticket booth after an attack by activists in protest against the Bollywood film 'Padmaavat' in Jammu on January 24, 2018. (Alok Pathania / AFP)

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Vehicles are set on fire by a mob during the protests. “16 people have been arrested and their interrogation is underway. The CCTV footage will be examined and more arrests will be made”, a senior police official confirmed to the media. (PTI)

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Damage seen to a storefront as a result of the frenzied mob. While no injuries were reported, police said some vehicles were targeted outside Wide Angle multiplex, while more than seven two-wheelers were burnt or damaged at Acropolis Mall which houses the PVR Cinema screens, where some windowpanes and glass doors were also damaged. (Sanosh Hirlekar / PTI)

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Members of the Rajput community pelt stones on a bus in protest against 'Padmaavat' in Ahmedabad. The Supreme court on January 23 rejected a final bid by Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh to ban the film’s release which sparked violent protests and threats by fringe groups in recent months. (Sam Panthaky / AFP)

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Police personnel seen deployed outside a multiplex in Gurugram on Tuesday, ahead of the film’s release. The makers of ‘Padmaavat’ screened the movie for a group of journalists in the national capital on Tuesday. Meanwhile the Karni Sena which has been leading the protests has named a six-member panel comprising erstwhile royals, and historians to watch the film ahead of its release on January 25. (PTI)

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A protester is detained during a rally against the release of Padmaavat in Ahmadabad on January 23, 2018. Groups critical of the film have accused director Sanjay Leela Bhansali of distorting history in its portrayal of Queen Padmavati’s association with Alauddin Khilji. The filmmakers however, claim inspiration from the epic poem Padmavat, written by Malik Muhammad Jayasi, considered by many historians fiction laced in history. (Ajit Solanki / AP)