Nagpur Violence: Recent particulars have surfaced from Maharashtra’s Nagpur, which was rocked by violence on Monday night time, the place a curfew continued on the second day in lots of delicate areas, a senior official mentioned on Wednesday.
#WATCH | Maharashtra | Curfew continues on the second day in 10 police station limits of Nagpur following violence that erupted on 17th March
Visuals from the Mahal space of the town pic.twitter.com/NmD2zOotkc
— ANI (@ANI) March 19, 2025
An FIR registered on the Ganeshpeth Police Station revealed that an on-duty girl police officer was allegedly molested by one of many rioters who was current through the violence. After the Nagpur violence, motion was taken on 800 social media handles, and posts associated to violence went viral.
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Police Commissioner Ravinder Kumar Singal mentioned the state of affairs might be reviewed within the afternoon. One other official mentioned that greater than 2,000 armed police personnel have been deployed within the delicate areas, in accordance with information company PTI. Equally, the QRT (fast response crew) and RCP (riot management police) are conducting patrolling led by a DCP-rank officer, he mentioned.
Violence erupted in central Nagpur’s Chitnis Park within the Mahal space on Monday, with stones hurled at police amid rumours that the holy guide of a neighborhood was burnt throughout an agitation by a right-wing physique demanding the removing of Aurangzeb’s tomb in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district. As many as 34 police personnel had been injured within the violence.
Nagpur Violence: Right here Are High Factors
1. A curfew, proscribing the motion of individuals and autos, was subsequently imposed in delicate areas within the metropolis.
2. On Nagpur violence, DCP Rahul Maknikar says, “The state of affairs is below management. The investigation is underway. We have now shaped 10 groups. We have now detained 50 individuals to date,” as quoted by ANI.
3. Amid the clamour for the demolition of Aurangzeb’s grave, Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday attacked the BJP, saying that it these days considers the Mughal emperor extra vital than Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
4. “Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s rule was primarily based on faith, and it was about taking everybody alongside. This concept was not acceptable to the BJP earlier and isn’t acceptable even now. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj had been by no means symbols of the ideology of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or the BJP. Now they’re saying ‘Jai Shivaji’ and ‘Jai Sambhaji’ as per comfort. Subsequently, Aurangzeb is BJP’s new Shivaji,” mentioned Shiv Sena (UBT) in its mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ editorial.
5. In line with a press launch of the town police, the curfew is now in power in areas below the jurisdiction of the Kotwali, Ganeshpeth, Tehsil, Lakadganj, Pachpaoli, Shant Nagar, Sakkardara, Nandanvan, Imambada, Yashodhara Nagar, and Kapil Nagar police stations.
6. Through the curfew, the deputy commissioner of police (DCP) of the respective areas would take calls about vehicular actions on the streets, the discharge mentioned.
7. A senior official mentioned 12 policemen, together with Three DCPs, had been injured within the violence on Monday night time. About 50 individuals have been arrested in reference to the stone pelting and arson to date.
