The law and order situation in Nagpur, which was rocked by violence on Monday night, is under control but a curfew continues in many sensitive areas of the city, a senior official said on Wednesday.
Police Commissioner Ravinder Kumar Singal said the situation will be reviewed in the afternoon.
Another official said that more than 2,000 armed police personnel have been deployed in the sensitive areas. Similarly, the QRT (quick response team) and RCP (riot control police) are conducting patrolling led by a DCP-rank officer, he said.
According to PTI, Violence erupted in central Nagpur’s Chitnis Park in the Mahal area on Monday, with stones hurled at police amid rumours that the holy book of a community was burnt during an agitation by a right-wing body demanding the removal of Aurangzeb’s tomb in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district. As many as 34 police personnel were injured in the violence.
A curfew, restricting the movement of people and vehicles, was subsequently imposed in sensitive areas in the city.
According to a press release of the city police, the curfew is now in force in areas under the jurisdiction of the Kotwali, Ganeshpeth, Tehsil, Lakadganj, Pachpaoli, Shant Nagar, Sakkardara, Nandanvan, Imambada, Yashodhara Nagar and Kapil Nagar police station.
Meanwhile , according to report by PTI, Minority Democratic Party leader Fahim Khan has been arrested for allegedly leading a protest outside a Nagpur police station on Monday after Vishva Hindu Parishad workers staged an agitation for the removal of Aurangzeb’s tomb, which triggered violence.
Khan’s name is mentioned in one of six FIRs registered so far along with 50 others in connection with the violent clashes that left several police personnel injured.
The police are investigating whether Khan played any role in instigating riots, an official said on Wednesday.
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The police have so far arrested 54 people in connection with the Nagpur violence, while a search is on to trace the mastermind, Maharashtra minister Yogesh Kadam said on Wednesday, stressing that attacks on police personnel will be dealt with str
