02-27-2006, 12:58 AM
<b>JMM offers Rs 50 lakh for killing magazine editor</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Khan's offer came close on the heels of former Uttar Pradesh minister for Haj and Minority Welfare Haji Mohammad Yaqoob's announcing a bounty of Rs 51 crore on the head of the Danish cartoonist, sparking a controversy leading to his exit from the government.
The Front leaders demanded severing of Indian government's friendly relations with Denmark and asked for a ban of commodities from that country.
Earlier, about 50 copies of the Delhi-based magazine, which published the cartoon, were seized by the police from a book stall in the steel city after a mob staged protest on Saturday night.
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The Front leaders demanded severing of Indian government's friendly relations with Denmark and asked for a ban of commodities from that country.
Earlier, about 50 copies of the Delhi-based magazine, which published the cartoon, were seized by the police from a book stall in the steel city after a mob staged protest on Saturday night.
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