day after clashes broke out between two teams within the Bhadrakali space of Nashik, the police on Saturday registered six FIRs and arrested a complete of 20 individuals.
5 individuals and 14 policemen have been injured through the clashes, which befell throughout a bandh name towards assaults on Hindus and the vandalism of temples in Bangladesh.
“Now we have registered six FIRs towards either side for illegal meeting, rioting, tried homicide, amongst different expenses, and have arrested 20 individuals up to now,” mentioned Shrinivas Deshmukh, senior police inspector of Bhadrakali police station.
The Sakal Hindu Samaj had known as a bandh in Nashik on Friday to protest towards the violence in Bangladesh. The bandh led to widespread store closures, and round 1 pm, one of many protest rallies reached the Dudh Bazar space of Nashik, the place slogans have been raised, resulting in an altercation and subsequent clashes.
The confrontation between the 2 sides escalated within the Previous Nashik space with stone-pelting. The police resorted to a lathicharge to disperse the group and in addition fired tear fuel.
In the meantime, Rural Improvement Minister Girish Mahajan ordered an investigation into the incident and visited the injured at a hospital.
FIR towards Mahant Ramgiri Maharaj
The Thane metropolis police on Saturday filed an FIR towards Mahant Ramgiri Maharaj, a outstanding Hindu non secular chief, for allegedly making derogatory remarks towards Islam. A police officer confirmed that on Saturday, the Mumbra police filed an FIR towards Mahant Ramgiri Maharaj on the criticism of 31-year-old Maulana Sajid-Ul-Rehman, from Mumbra. Ramgiri Maharaj, throughout a just lately held non secular occasion at Shah Panchale village in Sinnar taluka of Nashik district, made the alleged derogatory remarks towards Islam.
Notably, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde shared a stage with Mahant Ramgiri Maharaj on Friday, throughout which he referred to the seer as a “saint” and warranted him that “in Maharashtra, nobody would dare lay a hand on a saint”.
‘Sakal Hindu Samaj enforces bandh
The Sakal Hindu Samaj on Saturday held rallies and enforced bandh in a number of components of Maharashtra to protest towards “atrocities” towards Hindus in Bangladesh. It had given a name for bandh in Dhule, Jalgaon, Bhayander, Yavatmal-Washim amd Akola amongst different cities throughout the state.
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