MUMBAI, 19 MARCH, 2025 (GPN): Maharashtra CM and state Home minister Devendra Fadnavis fondly called as Devabhau on Wednesday vowed to take strict action against the culprits who attacked the police personnel during the violent clashes in Nagpur this week. During the ongoing assembly session, CM Fadnavis termed the attack on Nagpur Police as a planned conspiracy and said, “We will dig them out from their graves, but won’t spare those who attacked police in Nagpur.”
He further highlighted how a mob pelted stones at the cops. “A crowd of around 80 people was involved in stone-pelting. A police officer was attacked with an axe and three deputy commissioners were assaulted. Certain houses were deliberately targeted and one DCP was attacked with an axe,” he said.
The Chief Minister also highlighted the rumors rapidly escalating being the root cause for the violence. He stated that the violence erupted due to a rumor about a religious symbol on the relevant grave trending on social media. He said, “Rumours were spread that things containing religious content were burnt….It looks like a well-planned attack. No one has permission to take law and order into their hands.”
Clashes broke out in Nagpur’s Chitnis Park area in Mahal on Monday. Police were attacked with stones following rumours that a religious text had been desecrated during a protest by a right-wing group demanding the removal of Aurangzeb’s tomb in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district.
Meanwhile, a key suspect, identified as Fahim Shamim Khan, the one who gathered dozens of people in at least two different places, hours before the Nagpur riots, was arrested on Tuesday night and will remain in police custody until March 21.
The FIR, accessed exclusively by GPN, stated that Khan first asked people to gather near a police station and then near a mosque in the Mahal area of Nagpur, where the clashes erupted. Police are probing his role in the clashes.
Multiple videos from March 17 have shown rioters purportedly raising slogans in support of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, and referring to him as ‘Alamgir Hazrat’. Khan allegedly provoked people, incited violence, and played a role in spreading rumours that a holy book was desecrated.
Nagpur Police DCP Rahul Madne said that several houses have been identified from where stones were pelted on the cops.
“We have identified the houses from which stones were pelted at us. Now their combing operation is going on and they will be arrested. Further interrogation in underway of those who have been arrested so far. As of now, five people have been arrested on the basis of CCTV footage,” he said.
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