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Curfew has been lifted in Nagpur as the situation in the city is completely peaceful, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said.
The CM was speaking to the media in the Pimpri Chinchwad area of Pune where he attended an event organised by the non-profit Paani Foundation.
The situation in Nagpur is completely peaceful. There is no tension anywhere. People of all religions are living together peacefully. Hence, the curfew has been lifted,” said Fadnavis, who is a legislator from the city reported PTI .
Officials said earlier in the day that curfew had been lifted from the remaining four areas of Nagpur, six days after violence rocked the city.
Following the violence on March 17, curfew was imposed in Kotwali, Ganeshpeth, Tehsil, Lakadganj, Pachpaoli, Shanti Nagar, Sakkardara, Nandanvan, Imambada, Yashodhara Nagar and Kapil Nagar police station areas.
Mobs went on a rampage in central Nagpur on Monday night amid rumours that a ‘chadar’ with holy inscriptions was burnt during protests led by VHP and Bajrang Dal demanding the removal of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s tomb located in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district.
Curfew was lifted from localities within the jurisdictions of Nandanvan and Kapil Nagar police stations on March 20, and from Pachpaoli, Shanti Nagar, Lakadganj, Sakkardara and Imambada on March 22.
Meanwhile , Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Nirupam according to PTI report has made a big claim . He claimed the involvement of individuals with links to Bangladesh in the recent violence in Nagpur.
“The involvement of miscreants in the Nagpur violence can be traced to Bangladesh,” Nirupam claimed.
He also alleged that one of the individuals arrested in connection with the unrest was using social media to fund “Mujahideen activities”.
Criticising the opposition Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray for its perceived alignment with groups he deemed as instigators of the violence, Nirupam asked, “Is the Sena-UBT aligning itself with the Mujahideen? Are the Thackerays and (Sanjay) Raut supporting them?”
This will not be accepted in Maharashtra, the leader of the ruling ally Shiv Sena asserted.
