Nagpur Violence Case: Police has arrested 91 people so far in the Nagpur violence case. Now 10 FIRs have been registered in the case. Of these, 4 FIRs have been registered by Nagpur Cyber ​​Cell. The cyber police has registered a case against the local leader of Nagpur violence and Nagpur president of the Minority Democratic Party, Faheem Khan and five others, for spreading wrong information on social media during treason and unrest. Faheem Khan was arrested by the police yesterday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cyber ​​Crime) Lohit Matani said that the Cyber ​​Crime Department has sought information about ‘Facebook’, ‘X’, ‘Instagram’ and ‘YouTube’ officials about 230 profiles on their platform and urged them to stop them. As soon as the department gets information, the accused will be identified and arrested.
Faheem Khan contested against Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, he got 1,000 votes. Faheem’s father sells the burqa and his bicycle is also a repair shop. Faheem also has related to Sunni Youth Force. Faheem works as a CCTV repair and a college dropout.
Social media becomes a means to incite violence
The official said that his investigation has revealed that after some videos were shared on social media, wrong information was initially spread, causing violence and provoked. Matani said that a case of treason has been registered against six people including ‘Minority Democratic Party’ (MDP) leader Faheem Khan in the Cyber ​​Police FIR. The violent mob created a ruckus in several areas of Madhya Nagpur on Monday night amid rumors of the Burning of the rectangle during the protests led by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Bajrang Dal to remove the grave of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb located in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district.
33 policemen including officers injured
33 policemen, including three officers of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, were injured in the violence. Matani said that Faheem Khan edited a video of the protest demanding Aurangzeb’s removal of the grave and broadcast it (on social media). Four objections have been recorded in connection with making inflammatory videos of the performance and broadcasting them to incite the violence. Apart from this, videos of violence (on social media) were shared to incite more riots.
Curfew removed from here
This led to the riot and enraged. The police imposed curfew in Kotwali, Ganeshpeth, Tehsil, Lakdganj, Pachpavali, Shanti Nagar, Sakkardara, Nandanvan, Imambara, Yashodhara Nagar and Kapil Nagar police station areas. However, orders have been given to remove curfew from Nandanvan and Kapil Nagar police station areas from 2 pm on Thursday. Apart from this, the curfew has been ordered to relax the curfew from 2 pm to 4 pm in Lakdangganj, Pachpavali, Shantinagar, Sakkardara and Imambara areas.
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