Hrithik row turns ugly -- 2 shot dead in Nepal

Hrithik row turns ugly -- 2 shot dead in Nepal
Associated Press

Kathmandu, December 26: Nepalese police today shot dead two students who were protesting alleged anti-Nepal statements made by actor Hrithik Roshan. Nearly 5,000 students from half a dozen colleges in Kathmandu had blocked traffic and ransacked a movie theatre to protest Roshan's reported remark to a TV channel that the country and people he hated the most were Nepal and the Nepalese.

Policemen first fired in the air to avert arson by a mob at a theatre screening Roshan's latest film Mission Kashmir. After they were pelted with stones, policemen fired on the students, killing two.

Four policemen were also injured in the melee.

Back in Mumbai, Hrithik Roshan denied making any such remark. ``I have never given a TV interview to any channel, stating that I dislike Nepal and its people. It is a figment of imagination of some vested interests,'' he said. ``The fact is I love Nepal as I love India and have tremendous respect for Nepalese people.''