Kannada play stopped mid-way by Hindutva activists

A group of people said to be associated with Bajrang Dal stopped the staging of a Kannada play mid-way at Anavatti in Sorab taluk of Shivamogga district in Karnataka. While the play was under way, a group of people raised slogans and went on the stage. They forced the actors to abandon the play and the audience to leave the venue. Rangabelaku, a Shivamogga-based theatre group, was staging Jategiruvana Chandira, a play written by well-known writer and lyricist Jayant Kaikini at Veerashaiva Kalyana Mandira in Anavatti. Raghu Purappamane is the director of the play, which is a Kannada adaptation of 'Fiddler on the Roof' by Joseph Stein.