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Chittorgarh: Shots were fired at the protest site of the fringe outfit Rajput Karni Sena, who has staged a sit-in at Chittorgarh fort in Rajasthan in protest of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s movie Padmavati.

Tourists visiting the fort were requested to go back after the entry to the famous Chittorgarh Fort in Rajasthan was closed on Friday in protest of the movie.

Shocking visuals accessed by Times Now have also shown the Karni Sena supporters hanging effigies of Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Deepika Padukone at the protest site.

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Rajput outfits in Rajasthan have been voicing protests against Padmavati, even going to the extent of issuing threats to actor Deepika Padukone who essays the role of Rani Padmavati in the movie. The Rajput Karni Sena, a fringe outfit in Rajasthan, has threatened to ‘cut off Deepika’s nose’ and ‘behead Bhansali’ if the movie is released.

The protestors demand that the movie, based on the life of Rani Padmini or Padmavati, who was queen of Chittorgarh, should not be released.

"It is for the first time since Independence that the entry to the fort has been blocked," claimed another member of the committee.

There is heavy police presence to deal with any untoward incident. Barricades have been put up outside the fort.

Earlier this week in an interview to IANS, Deepika said: "The only people we are answerable to is the censor board, and I know and I believe that nothing can stop the release of this film."

A Brahmin group also conducted a signature campaign in blood demanding a ban on the film.

Even the Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti Dargah in Ajmer has issued a statement requesting a ban.

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Activists of the Karni Sena had on Tuesday vandalised a theatre in Kota, Rajasthan, over reports that it was showing a trailer of "Padmavati".

In January, activists of the Karni Sena had manhandled with the crew of "Padmavati" in Jaipur, claiming that Bhansali was "distorting" historical facts in the movie.

They had also damaged some cameras and other equipment. Bhansali had to stop shooting.

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"They are trying to defame queen Padmavati by distorting historical facts. It is not acceptable," an activist of the Karni Sena said.

In March, some miscreants broke the mirrors at the Padmini Mahal in Chittorgarh Fort where Alauddin Khilji is alleged to have seen Rani Padmavati or Padmini's reflection.

The Karni Sena claims the mirror story was invented years later.

(With IANS inputs)