Picture by Nagendra Kumar SinghPatna: Thursday's violence against Padmaavat by protesters claiming allegiance to the Rajput Karni Sena achieved its objective; no theatre owner in Bihar dared screen the movie on Friday. The ADG, however, admitted that so far no theatre owner has approached the police for security. "It is better to stop the screening of the film than invite the wrath of the Karni Sena men," said a theatre owner in Muzaffarpur. The Sena's state secretary, Prakash Singh, said on Friday that they withdrew their agitation on the assurances of theatre owners. "We had written to all the theatre owners requesting them not to show the movie about 10 days ago.

Source: The Telegraph January 26, 2018 19:07 UTC