Nagpur: More than 50 people have been detained after violent clashes that erupted on last Monday.
At the same time indefinite curfew has been clamped in parts of Nagpur in order to restore peace after violence over rumours that a holy book had been desecrated by some right wing outfits. They were demanding removal of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's tomb in Khuldabad.
Five FIRs were registered. More that 30 police personnel were injured and a civilian critically wounded in communal violence.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said in the Maharashtra Assembly, “This seems to be a planned incident. No one will be spared.”
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Reason Of Violence
Violence erupted after VHP and Bajrang Dal held a demonstration in the city and demanded the removal of Aurangzeb’s tomb and burnt a picture what Nagpur Commissioner of Police Ravinder Singal said was a photograph.
People thought that it was a holy book. This gave rise to rumours of the desecration of a holy book. Therefore people took to the streets in various parts of Nagpur and hurled stones and torched several vehicles.
Curfew Areas
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Curfew has been imposed in the following police station areas: Kotwali, Ganeshpet, Tehsil, Lakadganj, Pachpavli, Shantinagar, Sakkardara, Nandanvan, Imamwada, Yashodharanagar, and Kapilnagar.
However uneasy calm still persists in many areas of Nagpur.
