Violence erupted in Nagpur, Maharashtra on Monday. The mob attacked the police. The police have given comprehensive information about such a large crowd gathering and provoking the crowd. Nagpur police revealed that MDM President Faheem Khan is the mastermind of the violence. He provoked the people and gathered 500 people at the police station.
Who provoked violence in Nagpur?
This has been revealed in another FIR lodged at Ganeshpeth police station in Nagpur. According to the FIR, the mob also tried to tamper with women policemen by taking advantage of the darkness. Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal activists demonstrated before the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj near Gandhi Gate, shouted slogans against Aurangzeb’s tomb and burnt Aurangzeb’s symbolic effigy.
Faheem gathered the crowd.
In protest, the mob gathered at the police station under the leadership of Minority Democratic Party (MDP) city president Faheem Khan. A mob armed with stone, sticks, axes and other dangerous weapons threw fatal weapons in the air with the intention of spreading terror in the area. This created fear among the people. He worked to destroy social harmony with the intention of increasing religious enmity.
What happened that day?
In Bhaldarpura Chowk area, the mob attacked the police with deadly weapons and stones. Petrol bombs were thrown at the policemen to discourage them from performing their duties. Some of them took advantage of the darkness and touched the uniform and body of a female constable of the RCP squad. He also sexually abused and sexually assaulted other women. Seeing some female employees, she made obscene gestures and made indecent comments.
What does an eyewitness say?
Violence erupted in the Mahal area of Nagpur in Maharashtra at around 7.30 pm on Monday evening and stoned the police. During the ongoing VHP movement demanding the removal of Aurangzeb’s tomb in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, rumors spread in the area that religious texts of a community had been burnt. Violence erupted in the area due to the rumor spread.
Some residents of the Old Hisalope College area near Chitnis Park in the palace area said that at around 7.30 pm on Monday evening, a mob attacked their area and started throwing stones at their houses and sabotaged several cars parked on the roads.
People said that the people involved in the crowd threw stones at the houses, set the cars on fire, broke the water coolers and windows in the houses and ran away. A resident said that later people living in the area extinguished the fire of burning vehicles themselves. Angry residents demanded immediate police action against the mob.
