Ahmedabad: Top international models had to beat a hasty retreat after a group of activists, allegedly belonging to Shiv Sena, stormed a fashion show organised by National Institute of Fashion Design, Ahmedabad (NIFD) and resorted to vandalism, demanding immediate closure of the event at Rajkot, on July 30.

Nearly 60 persons, armed with hockey sticks and lathis, stormed chowky dhani garden resort on the Rajkot-Jamnagar highway and forced the closure of the fashion show, Rajkot police sources said on July 31.

According to the complaint filed by Amit Raitha, reportedly the owner of the resort, the activists stormed into the resort shouting slogans like `Shiv Sena zindabaad' and `jai bhavani' vehemently demanding closure of the fashion show and caused considerable damage to the furniture inside.

"They flung the plastic chairs, broke the traditional huts, lanterns and tore off nearly 110 posters inside the resort", police said quoting Raitha's complaint.

A case has been booked under section 143, 147, 148 and 147 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), police added.

Apart from top model former 'Mrs World' Adit Govitrikar, upcoming Bollywood actress Mehek Chahal, who starred in the latest flick Nayi Padosan, international model Katrina Kaif and Priya Shah were also to walk down the ramp displaying creations of NIFD students before the incident occurred.

PTI