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Muslim Munch contemplating police complaint
against Satanic Verses reading
Sunday January 22, 2012 09:31:41 PM,
Agencies
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Jaipur:
Even as Rajasthan
Police Saturday stepped up security at the Diggi Palace, the venue
of the Jaipur Literature Festival, after some authors allegedly
read out excerpts from Salman Rushdie's controversial book "The
Satanic Verses", a Muslim group threatened to move court and file
a police complaint against the incident.
The book is banned in India and some Muslim organisations have
opposed Rushdie's visit to the literature fest for authoring this
book.
Rushdie called off his visit Friday, citing security reasons.
"We have come to know that some authors tried to read out excerpts
from the controversial book written by Salman Rushdie yesterday
(Friday) evening. It was a very unfortunate incident and will not
be tolerated," Muzzafar Bharati from the Muslim Ekta Manch told
reporters here.
Muslim organisations have threatened to move court against the
authors reading out the passages. Bharati added that the
organisation is contemplating filing a police complaint.
After the protest, the police here further stepped up security.
"The number of security personnel has been increased to 650,
higher than Friday," a senior police officer said.
The organisers told reporters that the session was not scheduled.
"An investigation has been launched to find out if any author was
involved in reading out the excerpts," an organiser said.
Over 60,000 people, including 260 authors from across the globe,
are expected to gather at the Jaipur Literature Festival that
started Friday. A three-layered security is in place after threats
over Rushdie's visit.
Officials said this is the first time such security arrangements
have been made at one of Asia's biggest literature festivals which
will unfold here Jan 20-24.
"Visitors are being scanned at three different points during
entry. About 135 interactive sessions featuring 258 authors have
been scheduled during the fest," the organiser added.
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