A furious mob attacked the ace-filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali on the sets of Padmavati and protesters are seen damaging cameras and other shooting equipment while raising slogans and spewing abuses in Hindi. A furious mob attacked the ace-filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali on the sets of Padmavati and protesters are seen damaging cameras and other shooting equipment while raising slogans and spewing abuses in Hindi. The barbaric attack on Sanjay Leela Bhansali at Jaipur’s Jaigarh fort by Karni Sena goons is deeply disturbing. It is indeed this feeling of shock which captures the chill of how casually fringe groups can take the law in their hands and resort to mob violence and vandalising in our country. There is a legitimate space for peaceful protest in a democracy — through written and verbal expressions of dissent.

Source: Indian Express January 28, 2017 12:26 UTC