Shiv Sena activists today allegedly smeared black ink on the face of ORF chairman Sudheendra Kulkarni for organising former Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri's book launch in Mumbai.<br/><br/>Kulkarni alleged that Shiv Sena activists threw ink at him and smeared his face, adding they also abused him.<br/><br/>He said that his Observer and Research Foundation (ORF), a foreign policy think-tank, will hold Kasuri's book launch as planned later today.<br/><br/>The organiser said they won't be cowed down by such events and the book launch will happen as planned.<br/><br/>Maharashtra's Home department, headed by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, had, however, assured the organiser of full security.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, reacting to the ink attack on Kulkarni, senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said smearing ink is a very mild form of democratic protest.<br/><br/>Kasuri is scheduled to attend the launch of his book 'Neither a Hawk nor a Dove: An Insider's Account of Pakistan's Foreign Policy' in Mumbai.<br/> <br/>Sena had demanded that the event be scrapped and had threatened to disrupt it.<br/><br/>The Shiv Sena had earlier threatened to disrupt Ghulam Ali's concerts, leading to cancellation of the Pakistani ghazal singer's events in Mumbai and Pune recently.