In the city of Amravati, Maharashtra, where violence erupted again during a bandh, internet services were suspended and a four-day curfew was imposed on Saturday, a senior police officer said.
A mob threw stones at shops during the bandh (shutdown) allegedly organized by local BJP workers to protest the rallies Muslim organizations had organized the previous day to condemn the recent violence in Tripura the police with.
Internet services in the city will be suspended for three days to prevent the spread of rumors that could fuel violence, City Police Commissioner Arti Singh said.
The curfew, which was imposed earlier in the day, will remain in force for four days, she announced.
On Saturday morning, hundreds of people, many with saffron flags in their hands and carrying slogans, took to the streets in Rajkamal Chowk, in the east of the city of Maharashtra, some 670 km from Mumbai.
Some members of the mob hurled stones at shops in Rajkamal Chowk and other locations, the police officer said, adding that police had hired the protesters with lathi to bring the situation under control.
Against the background of the successive incidents of falling rocks on Friday and Saturday, the additional police commissioner Sandip Patil issued orders to impose a curfew in the urban area of Amravati in accordance with §§ 144 (1), (2), (3) of the CrPc in order to avoid undesirable incidents .
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Except in medical emergencies, people are not allowed to leave their homes. A gathering of more than five people is not permitted according to the order.
Rockfalls were reported on Friday at rallies by Muslim organizations to protest incidents in Tripura, Amravati, Nanded, Malegaon, Washim and Yavatmal.
Police have arrested 20 people to date and arrested four more by registering 20 FIRs on various charges, including riot, related to Friday’s incidents.
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In Amravati, over 8,000 people gathered in front of the district collector’s office on Friday to submit a memorandum demanding that the atrocities against the minority community in Tripura be stopped.
When people left the country after submitting the memorandum, stone falls occurred in three locations between Chitra Chowk and Cotton Market, under the borders of the Kotwali Police Station.
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut launched a veiled attack on opposition BJP on Saturday, saying the violence in Amravati and elsewhere was aimed at destabilizing the MVA government.
Speaking to reporters in Aurangabad, Raut said the state government was firmly in the saddle and the real faces of the perpetrators would soon be revealed.
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“They (opposition) will raise the specter of violence, meet the state governor and write letters to the Union’s Home Office claiming that the (legal and regulatory) situation in Maharashtra is deteriorating. This will also be in Future happen. But the state government is firmly in the saddle, “said Raut.
Amravati district guard Yashomati Thakur said some anti-social elements are trying to destroy the atmosphere by throwing stones at shops.
“The state government will take the necessary measures. However, some people are using this for political purposes,” she said, appealing to people not to believe the rumors.
Opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis said it was wrong to hold rallies in the state over an incident that “never occurred” in Tripura and called on people to exercise restraint.
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“The Tripura government and local police have made it clear that no religious site belonging to a minority community has been burned down. They also posted pictures of it. I appeal to both communities to exercise restraint, ”the former prime minister told reporters in Mumbai.
The senior BJP leader also said that political parties in the state government should not make inflammatory statements.
Maharashtra Police Director General Sanjay Pandey appealed to citizens to maintain peace and harmony.
The damage to public property will not benefit those involved in such incidents, but the future of the young perpetrators involved in the incidents will be at risk, he said.
The police will take strict action against those involved in such crimes and use force if necessary, the state’s chief police officer warned.
Meanwhile, the Mumbai Police Cyber Cell appealed to people not to forward or post any unchecked information, videos or images on social media that could lead to community hatred. Against everything
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