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13 Oct, 2015

Indian activist Sudheendra Kulkarni hit by Shiv Sena ink attack – BBC News

Far-right Hindu nationalists in Mumbai have doused the head of an Indian think-tank in black ink in protest at the launch of a book by a former Pakistani foreign minister. The Shiv Sena party said the ink attack on Sudheendra Kulkarni was a form of “peaceful protest” against Pakistan. The party later cancelled a planned protest at the launch of Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s book amid an outcry. Mr Kulkarni called the incident “an attack on democracy.”

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