Maharashtra communal violence: Over 130 detained in Akola, internet shut | 10 updates
- Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday instructed the police to take strict action against those behind the riots in Akola and Shevgaon
Maharashtra's Akola city and Shevgaon village in Ahmednagar district is witnessing severe communal violence for the past two days. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday instructed the police to take strict action against those behind the riots in Akola and Shevgaon and appealed to people to maintain peace and social harmony.
While state minister Girish Mahajan, who belongs to BJP, claimed that the violence in Akola was possibly “pre-planned”, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said there are some organisations and people who want the state to be unstable, but the government will teach them a lesson.
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-One person was killed and eight others, including two policemen, were injured, in a clash that broke out on Saturday night in the sensitive Old City area of Akola over a religious post on social media
-Members of the two groups hurled stones at each other and indulged in large-scale vandalism. The rioters set on fire some two-wheelers and four-wheelers during the violence.
-The Maharashtra Police has clamped curfew in some pockets of Akola, which were later relaxed. The CMO's office and police on Monday noted that the situtaion in these areas were under control
-Internet services have been shut in the city to prevent the spread of rumours on social media, while curfew has been relaxed in a few areas and peace restored, said Akola Superintendent of Police Sandip Ghuge.
-Police have detained 132 people- more than 100 in Akola and 32 in Shevgaon- so far and registered cases against 150 others after the incident on Sunday night
-Several shops and vehicles were damaged in stone pelting, police said on Monday.
-CM Shinde has appealed to people not to post any controversial messages or images on social media nor take the law into their own hands
-Meanwhile, security guards at the famous Trimbakeshwar temple in Nashik district thwarted an attempt by a group of people from a different religion who tried to force their way into the temple premises on Saturday night
-Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and former Aurangabad MP Chandrakant Khaire claimed that riots were being instigated in Maharashtra to stop Muslim votes from shifting towards the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)
-“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,” said deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis
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First Published:15 May 2023, 10:41 PM IST
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