A rally to protest the killing of Muslims in Assam and Myanmar went out of hand and held Mumbai to ransom on Saturday afternoon. In the 45-minute violence, two persons died, over 65 were injured — 56 of them policemen — and vehicles were torched. The rally at Azad Maidan, held jointly by three Muslim organisations including the Raza Academy — a Sunni Muslim advocacy group — had attracted a crowd of nearly 20,000. "Around 2.30pm, some men pulled out provocative pictures of people being killed in Assam," said Arup Patnaik, commissioner of police, Mumbai.