Nagpur Violence: Massive unrest erupted in Nagpur on Monday following protests over the removal of Aurangzeb’s grave from Maharashtra’s Sambhaji Nagar. In response, authorities imposed a curfew in several police station limits, including Kotwali, Ganeshpeth, Lakadganj, Pachpaoli, Shantinagar, Sakkardara, Nandanvan, Imamwada, Yashodhara Nagar and Kapil Nagar, after a mob went on a rampage, damaging vehicles and hurling stones. Police were attacked following rumours that a religious text had been desecrated during a protest by a right-wing group.
Notably, Hindu outfits have threatened to initiate a Babri-like movement to have Aurangzeb’s tomb removed, which is located about 30 kilometers from Sambhajinagar, in Khuldabad.
Key Updates
- The violence was sparked with baseless accusations about a religious symbol being placed on the symbolic grave sheet, as stated by the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis. While he was speaking, he said one policeman was attacked with an axe, and three deputy commissioners were also assaulted. While warning those participating in the violence, CM Fadnavis said that the government is going to take strong action against the violence carried out against the police.
- Eknath Shinde, the Deputy Chief Minister, accused the protestors of conspiring against the Government, stating that their plan would not go unpunished.
- Citing a report from PTI, Nagpur police commissioner, Ravinder Singal stated that his officers had arrested more than fifty individuals, and that there are five registered cases with the police.
- In the clash, District guardian minister, Chandrashekhar Bawankule reported that more than 34 police officers as well as five civilians were hurt.
- BSP head, Mayawati, along with other political head figures from the opposition Shiv Sena (UBT), called the violence outrageous and condemned the Fadnavis regimes decision to let the perpetrators go free.
- The commander of the Maharashtra minority commission, Pyare Kham has marked Nagpur’s Mahal district violence as unfortunate and therefore required the people of the region to alter their behavior and maintain decorum. He said that the ones responsible are not from the city, rather they are Anti-socials who came to Nagpur, a place well known for its peace-loving culture, to disturb the public order.
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