rediff.com
rediff.com
News
      HOME | NEWS | PTI | REPORT
December 26, 2000

MESSAGE BOARD
NEWSLINKS
US EDITION
COLUMNISTS
DIARY
SPECIALS
INTERVIEWS
CAPITAL BUZZ
REDIFF POLL
DEAR REDIFF
ELECTIONS
ARCHIVES
SEARCH REDIFF



 Search the Internet
           Tips

E-Mail this report to a friend

Print this page

Two Nepali students killed during
anti-Hrithik demonstrations

Police shot and killed two protesters as thousands of left-wing students on Tuesday clashed with police, blocked traffic and ransacked a movie theatre in Kathmandu (Nepal) to protest a remark allegedly made by actor Hrithik Roshan against Nepal.

Roshan had allegedly said the country and people he hated the most were Nepal and the Nepalese in an interview to an Indian television channel on Dec 14.

Policemen first fired in the air to avert arson by a mob at a theatre screening Mission Kashmir starring Hrithik Roshan.

But they shot dead two students after they were attacked with stones, a police officer said. Four policemen were seriously injured in stone throwing by the students.

Nearly 5,000 students from at least half a dozen colleges in Kathmandu took out protests in colleges and poured into the streets, blocking traffic for at least two hours.

In Bombay, Roshan denied he had made the comment.

"I have never given a television interview to any channel stating that I dislike Nepal and its people," Roshan told earlier in the day.

Back to top
(c) Copyright 2000 PTI. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of PTI content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent.

Tell us what you think of this report

HOME | NEWS | CRICKET | MONEY | SPORTS | MOVIES | CHAT | BROADBAND | TRAVEL
ASTROLOGY | NEWSLINKS | BOOK SHOP | MUSIC SHOP | GIFT SHOP | HOTEL BOOKINGS
AIR/RAIL | WEDDING | ROMANCE | WEATHER | WOMEN | E-CARDS | EDUCATION
HOMEPAGES | FREE MESSENGER | FREE EMAIL | CONTESTS | FEEDBACK