Screening of Aamir Khan’s PK stalled in Delhi, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh by Bajrang Dal activists

VHP and Bajrang Dal activists on Tuesday protested at various cinema halls and vandalised many theatres screening Aamir Khan’s movie PK

Demanding an immediate ban on the film, the activists of the right wing groups protested outside Delite theatre in central Delhi’s Daryaganj and south Delhi’s PVR Priya. Around 70 protesters of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal gathered outside the Delite theatre at 11.45 a.m. They smashed windows, tore up posters and banners and raised slogans against the film directed by Rajkumar Hirani.The other group of activists staged a protest around 4 p.m. outside Priya.

The right wing groups demanded a ban on PK which has generated controversy for its portrayal of godmen and their misuse of religion for personal gain. ”The movie hurts the sentiments of Hindus, it should be banned immediately,” Hindu Sena national president says Vishnu Gupta.

Gupta also demanded the immediate removal of the censor board chairperson. He said similar protests will be held Wednesday if their demands were not fulfilled. A Delhi Police official said: “After receiving complaints of protests at several places, we have deployed security personnel at the cinema halls to maintain law and order.”

“The film has dishonored the Hindu religion and ridiculed gods and goddesses. The film was financed from Dubai and Pakistan. It’s a conspiracy to undermine the Hindu religion. It should be banned immediately,” Bhupesh Nayak, Bhubaneswar district coordinator of the Bajrang Dal, told reporters. Following the vandalism, cinema halls filed police complaints against the people involved in the act. ”After receiving complaints, we have deployed security personnel at the cinema halls to maintain law and order,” Bhubaneswar Police Commissioner R.K. Sharma said.

The protesters tore and burnt the posters of the film in Neemuch in Malwa region. The activists proceeded towards Rajmandir movie hall with saffron flags in their hands and demanded that the screening of the movie should be stopped.

However, Additional Superintendent of Police, Neemuch, Pankaj Pandey said that the protesters were stopped before the cinema hall and were not allowed to disrupt the screening of the film.