Hundreds of security personnel have been rushed to a district in Karnataka after mobs burnt vehicles and threw stones after a member of the right-wing Bajrang Dal was killed. At least 20 people were injured in the unrest on Monday, after the killing a day earlier in Shivamogga.
A ban on Muslim girls wearing the hijab in classrooms triggered protests and counter-protests for several weeks in Karnataka, which is ruled by the BJP.
There was violence in Shivamogga during the man's funeral procession on Monday even as authorities imposed curfew restrictions in the area.
Several incidents of arson were reported as mobs pelted stones at business places. Police fired in the air and used tear gas to control the crowds.
Law enforcement officials in the area said Monday they had arrested two people and blamed old rivalries for the killing.
One of the Muslim students in the original hijab protest in Udupi district said that her brother was attacked in a hotel on Monday, local media reported.
The state's home minister Araga Jnanendra said authorities had found no link yet between the violence in Shivamogga and the hijab row, according to local media.
The Karnataka High Court is currently hearing appeals against the hijab ban. In an interim order, the court imposed a temporary ban on the wearing of all religious symbols in schools.
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