Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis termed Nagpur a ‘silent city’. He further added, ‘Its people are very tolerant and stated that some elements deliberately spread violence and that the police are probing the case. This comes following the police arrest of 69 people in connection with the violence in Nagpur.
CM Fadnavis said, “We will not spare anyone who attacked the police. Nagpur is a silent city. We haven’t noticed riots since 1992. The people of Nagpur are very tolerant but this time we can see that some elements deliberately spread violence. We have investigated this in detail. Some people spread rumours and the situation worsened. I have instructed the police force to not spare anyone who made Nagpur violent.”
The state cyber department has identified at least 140 social media posts and videos with objectionable content following the violence.
Officials have issued notices under section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act, 2000, to ensure the immediate removal of such content.
Additionally, notices under section 94 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita have been served to uncover the identities of those behind these accounts.
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