Day after the attack, Bhansali cancels film shoot in Jaipur Jawans rescued after being buried in snow

Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and his crew have cancelled the shooting of ‘Padmavati’ in Jaipur after he was assaulted and the sets vandalised by a Rajput group. The incident triggered an outrage in the film industry, with many demanding stern action against the culprits.

“The shooting has been stopped by the film-maker at Jaigarh Fort and they have vacated the place,” said Narendra Kumar, SHO, Amer police station. “We can’t take suo motu action and lodge an FIR because police is not one of the parties involved in the matter. So far, both the parties have refused to lodge any case,” he said.

Bhansali was roughed up by members of Karni Sena on Friday. They also stopped the shooting of the film, alleging that the director was“distortingfacts”inthemovie, which is about Alauddin Khilji’s obsession with Rani Padmavati.

Karni Sena, however, on Saturday blamed Bhansali’s security for the commotion.

Five soldiers who went missing after a pathway cleared in the snow caved in in Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday have been rescued, officials said, as the Valley reeled under unprecedented snowfall over the past few days.

An army spokesperson said the soldiers who were on patrol near a camp in Machhal sector when they were buried under several feet of snow are undergoing treatment. Snow tracks are pathways carved out through snow to facilitate movement of men and vehicles.

The fresh incident came two days after two avalanches killed 14 soldiers in the Gurez sector near the de-facto border between Indian and Pakistani.

Separate avalanches buried a military post and swept away a patrol on Wednesday night in Gurez, burying a total of 21 Indian soldiers. Seven soldiers were rescued.

The rotting bodies of a mother and her daughter were found in a Bhayander flat on Saturday afternoon, after a stench prompted neighbours to call the police.

The woman’s body was found on the bed, while her daughter’s, wrapped in a sheet inside the bed cabinet. The nature of injuries and cause of death were unclear at the time of going to press, but police said the bodies were at least four days old. “We found Dipika Karthik Sanghvi,29, and her 8-year-old daughter Hetal in Sonam Saraswat building on Saturday. We have registered a case of murder and sent the bodies for a post mortem,” said senior police inspector Srikant Padule.

Sources close to the probe said Dipika was a divorcee and worked in a call centre. The police said they plan to bring in her ex-husband for questioning.