In the latest, Maharashtra Police has uncovered a Bangladesh link in the Nagpur violence case and the police found social media accounts from Bangladesh that issued a threat to incite violence.
Atleast 97 social media accounts which posted offensive rumours have been identified. Most of these posts were published from the computers with Bangladeshi IP addresses.
In one post it was written that Monday’s riots were just a small incident and there will be bigger riots in the future. The cyber cell has taken action against 34 social media accounts for spreading rumours and inciting violence and 10 FIRs have been registered.
Meanwhile, as of now the police have arrested 84 people, including mastermind Faheem Shamim Khan, city president of the Minority Democratic Party (MDP). On Wednesday, Maharashtra’s Minister of State for Home Yogesh Kadam had put the number at 69. These include eight Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) workers.
Till 21st March, 19 accused have been sent to the police custody till 21st March. Mastermind Faheem is accused of gathering more than 500 rioters and instigating violence.
Khan was arrested within hours of filing the FIR at the Ganeshpath Police Station wherein he is named as an accused. The FIR includes charges of conspiracy to rape, molestation and misconduct. Police had released a photograph of 38-year-old Khan, a resident of Sanjay Bagh Colony in Yashodhara Nagar. He has been remanded to police custody till 21st March. A video had also emerged showing Khan delivering a provocative speech moments before the violence.
On the evening of 17th March, Nagpur witnessed violence that left more than 30 people wounded over rumours of the burning of a copy of the Quran during a protest by Hindu organisations demanding the removal of Aurangzeb’s tomb in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
Demonstrators covered an effigy of the Mughal despot with a sheet and further put it on fire during the agitation.
During the violence, a Muslim mob misbehaved with a woman police officer in the Bhhaladarpura area of Nagpur, Maharashtra, over Hindus demanding the removal of Aurangzeb’s tomb. An FIR has been filed against the rioters at Ganeshpeth police station.
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