A photo of Godse is placed on the top corner of the banner's left-hand side. (Photo credit: TV9 Kannada)
A flex banner in Karnataka's Mangaluru displaying photos of Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse and Hindutva icon VD Savarkar were removed after it sparked a row in the communally-tense coastal region. The banners were displayed extending Sri Krishna Janmashtami greetings.
However, before the controversy spread, the civic authorities removed the banner immediately following complaints on Thursday.
The posters were found in Mangaluru's Surathkal, Baikampady and Kulur. They also called for militarising Hindus and embedding Hindutva in politics.
The banner was installed by Hindu Mahasabha local leader Rajesh Pavitran, police sources said. After a complaint was received, it was removed on the orders of the Commissioner of Mangaluru City Corporation.
Police security was beefed up in Surathkal in view of Sri Krishna Janmashtami celebrations, the sources said.
The Hindu Mahasabha had courted controversy when they displayed a banner with a photo of Savarkar on August 14 at the Surathkal flyover.
Earlier, prohibitory orders were clamped in Shivamogga after two groups entered into an argument over the installation of a banner with a picture of Savarkar on the occasion of Independence Day.
Tension prevailed after one of the groups wanted to tie a picture of Savarkar on a high mast light pole while the other planned to install a picture of 18th-century Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan.
(With inputs from PTI and TV9 Kannada)
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