Kolkata unrest over Kali image

 

In its Monday edition, The Telegraph English language daily carried a morphed picture of a naked woman holding an image of the goddess Kali in front of a cricketer — believed to be a Pakistani — bowing before it.

The newspaper had taken the picture from the Twitter account of a reader.

However, its publication caused an outcry that has sparked tension and violence between the Hindu and Muslim communities in different parts of the city, despite a swift apology from the newspaper.

Hindus and Muslims have been involved in street brawls and pelted passing traffic and members of the public with stones.

Poonam image flares tensions in Kolkata

 

 

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