Chandigarh, Feb 13 (IANS) Amid tight security across Haryana and Chandigarh, controversial film "MSG - the Messenger" was released Friday in 4,000 screens across the country.
Security personnel patrolled near all the theatres and multiplexes across Haryana and Chandigarh Friday as the film was released.
Police and paramilitary forces manned sensitive areas.
Prohibitory orders against assembly of people and carrying weapons were issued across Haryana Thursday to deal with any untoward situation, resulting due to the build-up of tension over the release of the film.
Sikh organisations held protests in some places in Haryana Thursday.
The film features Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.
Haryana Director General of Police Yashpal Singal has urged people to maintain law and order.
"Section 144 has been imposed in various districts and additional police personnel have been deployed in all the cinema halls," Singhal said.
The authorities have banned holding any procession or demonstration without permission.
The Punjab government has banned the release of the film last month.
After being denied a release certificate by the Censor Board last month, the film got the certificate last week.
Haryana Police officers said here that the situation was being closely monitored in many parts of the state, especially in Sirsa, Kurukshetra, Gurgaon, Rohtak, Ambala and other districts.
While the Dera Sacha Sauda sect headquarters are located near Sirsa town, 250 km from Chandigarh, Kurukshetra and some other places house a substantial Sikh population.
The relations between sect followers and Sikhs have not been good in recent years.
In Chandigarh, security has been tightened around malls, where the film was released.
Sikh leaders Thursday submitted a memorandum to the Chandigarh administration Thursday, seeking a ban on the release of the film.
The controversial movie was earlier called "MSG" (Messenger of God).
It was to be released Jan 16, but it did not get clearance from the Censor Board. Various groups protested against its release at that point.
The sect leader, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who plays the protagonist in the film, is its director, singer and lyricist, and has been aggressively promoting the film countrywide.
The sect claims the movie is not against any religion or group and is only highlighting social evils.
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