ISLAMABAD, Dec 20 (APP): Police opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southern India, killing two, an official said, as fresh violence erupted around the country over a contentious citizenship law critics say is anti-Muslim. According to Kashmir Media Service, the fatalities brought to eight the death toll from more than a week of unrest and came as authorities shut down internet and text messaging for tens of millions in India´s most-populous state. In the southern city of Mangalore, two men identified as Abdul Jalil, 49, and Samshir Kudroli, 23, “died in police firing during the protests”, Qadir Shah, a spokesman for the deputy commissioner, told media. He said a curfew had been imposed in the city with schools, restaurants and bars shut. A third fatality was also reportedly linked to protests in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where a man was hospitalized in Luck now with a gunshot injury and died soon after, a hospital source told media. Police did not confirm the death, but his father told the Times of India his son was shot after getting caught in a crowd of protesters while out to buy groceries. Four others were being treated at a hospital in … Continue reading “Modi ideology put whole India on fire” Indian police open fire on protestors