AKOLA/PUNE: Communal violence in Akola metropolis and Shevgaon village in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra within the final two days has posed a problem to police to stop potential flare-ups in different areas, whereas greater than 130 individuals have been detained up to now after the clashes left one particular person useless and 13 others injured. While state minister Girish Mahajan, who belongs to BJP, claimed that the violence in Akola was probably ‘pre-planned’, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis mentioned there are some organisations and individuals who need the state to be unstable, however the authorities will train them a lesson.
One particular person was killed and eight others, together with two policemen, had been injured, in a conflict that broke out on Saturday night time within the delicate Old City space of Akola over a non secular publish on social media, prompting the police to clamp curfew in some pockets, police had mentioned. Members of the 2 teams hurled stones at one another and indulged in large-scale vandalism. The rioters set on fireplace some two-wheelers and four-wheelers through the violence.
In Shevgaon village in Ahmednagar district in west Maharashtra, not less than 5 individuals had been injured in a conflict over a procession on Sunday night time. Several outlets and automobiles had been broken in stone pelting, police mentioned on Monday. Police have detained 132 people- greater than 100 in Akola and 32 in Shevgaon- up to now. Cases had been registered in opposition to 150 individuals in Shevgaon, positioned 65 km from the Ahmednagar district headquarters, an official mentioned.
After the violence in Akola, District Magistrate Nima Arora ordered a curfew, which requires individuals to remain at residence, in 4 police station areas of the town to keep up regulation and order, a senior officer mentioned.cOn Monday, the official mentioned, the curfew was relaxed in areas beneath the jurisdiction of City Kotwali and Ramdas Peth police station limits.
However, it’s going to stay in drive throughout the limits of Dabki Road and Old City police stations at night time (between 8 pm and eight am), whereas some relaxations can be supplied throughout day time, he mentioned. Internet companies stay suspended in Akola and Shevgaon to verify the unfold of rumours, officers mentioned.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday instructed the police to take strict motion in opposition to these behind the riots in Akola and Shevgaon and appealed to individuals to keep up peace and social concord, mentioned his workplace.
“The situation in Akola and Shevgaon is now under control and the police force is deployed. On the instructions of state home minister Devendra Fadnavis, state rural development minister Girish Mahajan has personally visited Akola while revenue minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil reviewed the situation in Shegaon,” the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) mentioned in a press release.
Fadnavis mentioned, “It is 100 per cent true there are some people and organisations that want the state to remain unstable. But the government will expose them and also teach them a lesson”. Earlier within the day, State Rural Development Minister Girish Mahajan claimed the conflict was probably ?pre-planned?. Mahajan visited the affected areas in Akola on Sunday.
?Some homes and automobiles had been broken. Strict motion can be taken in opposition to the culprits,” he informed reporters after assembly the household of the person, Vilas Gaikwad (40), killed within the violence. Mahajan mentioned the federal government has introduced help of Rs 4 lakh for the household of the deceased. Shiv Sena (UBT) chief and former Aurangabad MP Chandrakant Khaire claimed that riots had been being instigated in Maharashtra to cease Muslim votes from shifting in direction of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).
Ever because the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis coalition has come to energy, communal tensions are going down, Khaire alleged. Meanwhile, safety guards on the well-known Trimbakeshwar temple in Nashik district thwarted an try by a gaggle of individuals from a distinct faith who tried to drive their means into the temple premises on Saturday night time, a belief official mentioned on Monday.
As per the temple administration, solely Hindus are allowed to enter the temple- one of many 12 Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva. The temple belief has submitted a criticism to the police. No case is registered up to now, a police official mentioned.
