NAGPUR: The authorities lifted the curfew on two limits of the police station in NAGPUR and relaxed restrictions for two hours in six areas on Thursday. But the epicenter of riots on Monday night, Mahal, remained under strong security. Police arrested 17 more suspects and arrested four minors for stone launch, which brought the total in custody to 95.
Fahim Khan, a Burqa seller accused of organizing violence, was accused of two cases of sedition. He was arrested on Tuesday and held in police custody. It is expected to be transferred to the cyber cell for greater investigation.
Police claimed that he spread inflammatory content through viral videos in the hours prior to disturbances. “Khan proactively shared his inflammatory video, which spread the hatred against another community and police,” said the cyber cell DCP, Lohit Matani.
Khan had taken a protest to the Ganeshpeth police station on Monday, presenting a complaint against Bajrang Dal and VHP members for burning an effigy of Aurengzeb and a religious chadar during the day. Shortly after leaving, he published a video blaming the police for protecting protesters. The video quickly went viral, which the authorities claimed incited violence in Mahal Gate, a neighborhood just 2 km from the RSS headquarters.
Police sources said that Khan’s video won online traction, feeding tensions and helping to mobilize a stone launch mafia. Cyber researchers alleged that 250 members “Troll army“He played a key role in the spread of inflammatory content.
“We have concentrated in more than 50 users and sent police teams to catch them at midnight,” Matani said. More than 90 provocative positions of 34 accounts were shared in a short period and before the authorities could tear them down, they had gone viral.
Supposed some of the positions to increase tensions were manipulated. “There was no sacred inscription on a burned fabric near Gandhi Gate. The videos were transformed,” said a cyber detective.
The cybernetic team also tracked the activity of the social networks of international users, including Bangladesh, amplifying hate speech. A publication obtained 50,000 likes and 20,000 comments, according to the police. “The Troll’s army ferocity was not less than the rioters on the ground,” said an official.
Two people critically injured in the clashes, a teenager and a 40 -year -old man, are recovering in hospitals administered by the Government, authorities said.
Government hospital data showed that most of the injured people, from 24 to 40 years old, suffered head injuries for blunt trauma, deep cuts and swelling, probably caused by stones and rods. Many also suffered serious eye wounds, raising concerns about the effects of long -term health.