<p class="title">The protests against release of movie Padmaavat turned violent late on Tuesday in Ahmedabad, leading police to fire two rounds in the air.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A group of about 1,500 people, claiming to be affiliated to Rajput Karni Sena, gathered outside Dev Arc Mall that houses a movie theatre, to hold a candle march. The crowd then moved across the upmarket S G Highway towards another mall - Acropolis Mall housing another upmarket cinema hall. They shouted slogans bringing traffic on this busy road to a grinding halt.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The protestors moved on to two other malls and resorted to arson and burning more than two dozen vehicles parked outside the malls. The mob also resorted to stone-pelting. They looted shops in one of the malls. The police fired two rounds in the air to disperse the mob.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The multiplexes located in these malls had announced that they would not screen the movie.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As the news of violence spread, Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister, who had earlier appealed to the people to boycott the movie to ensure law and order, made a fresh appeal for "calm".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The leaders of Karni Sena denied any role in the violence and urged the state administration to initiate action as they deem fit.</p>
<p class="title">The protests against release of movie Padmaavat turned violent late on Tuesday in Ahmedabad, leading police to fire two rounds in the air.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A group of about 1,500 people, claiming to be affiliated to Rajput Karni Sena, gathered outside Dev Arc Mall that houses a movie theatre, to hold a candle march. The crowd then moved across the upmarket S G Highway towards another mall - Acropolis Mall housing another upmarket cinema hall. They shouted slogans bringing traffic on this busy road to a grinding halt.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The protestors moved on to two other malls and resorted to arson and burning more than two dozen vehicles parked outside the malls. The mob also resorted to stone-pelting. They looted shops in one of the malls. The police fired two rounds in the air to disperse the mob.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The multiplexes located in these malls had announced that they would not screen the movie.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As the news of violence spread, Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister, who had earlier appealed to the people to boycott the movie to ensure law and order, made a fresh appeal for "calm".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The leaders of Karni Sena denied any role in the violence and urged the state administration to initiate action as they deem fit.</p>
