Public sentiment against Aurangzeb post film Chhaava, says Fadnavis

Denouncing the violence in Nagpur on Monday night as a planned act Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis claimed that post the film Chhaava public sentiment has turned against Aurangzeb On Monday violence erupted in Nagpur over the Aurangzeb tomb controversy Thirty three policemen including three deputy commissioners of police DCP were injured in the incident ldquoThe mob violence went to such an extent that one of the DCPs was attacked with an axerdquo Fadnavis saidCharred remains of a vehicle after the clash in Hansapuri area in Nagpur on TuesdayOn Tuesday a day after the incident Fadnavis made a statement in the state legislative assembly about the incident ldquoStones were thrown and vehicles were torched by miscreants In fact a truck loaded with stones was confiscated by the police Attacks on the police and any attempt to disrupt law and order will not be tolerated be it from any community or religionrdquo Fadnavis warned The Hindi film Chhaava is based on the life of Maratha emperor Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj The emperor was brutally tortured for weeks by Aurangzeb as the Maratha warrior refused to bow before himThe CM in a veiled reference drew the parallel between the riots and sentiments of the people after watching Chhaava ldquoPeoplersquos sentiments are against Aurangzebrdquo Fadnavis statedThe CM even urged citizens to respect each other and warned people against taking the law into their own hands ldquoSuch acts will not be tolerated no one will be sparedrdquo said Fadnavis who heads the home department issuing a stern warning to miscreants Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde questioned how anyone could tolerate the glorifying of Aurangzeb ldquoThose involved in such acts should be dealt with stringentlyrdquo Shinde saidA fire set by miscreants amid in Nagpur on Monday night PicsPTIShinde in his statement reminded legislators that Maratha emperor Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was brutally torturedmdashhis fingernails were pulled out hot iron rods pierced into his eyes and salt rubbed on his wounds Slamming Maharashtra Congress president Harshvardhan Sapkal for comparing the governance of Fadnavis with Aurangzebrsquos Shinde said ldquoAction should be taken against the Congress leader for his derogatory remarksrdquoCM speaks to injured DCPOn Tuesday Fadnavis connected with the injured DCP Niketan Kadam who was injured in the Nagpur violence ldquoWe are proud of you for the way the policemen faced the situation The government is with you keep doing good work and wish you a speedy recoveryrdquo Fadnavis said in his telephonic conversation with Kadam who is recovering in hospitalIntelligence failure says Uddhav ThackeraySpeaking to media persons in the Vidhan Bhavan premises Shiv Sena UBT leaderndashUddhav Thackeray stated that Nagpur is the RSS headquarters and even the hometown of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis ldquoIf such incidents are taking place in Nagpur and the CM is calling it a planned activity then what was the home department doing Is this not an intelligence failurerdquo Thackeray questioned Senior Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar too questioned the police on the same ldquoIf this was planned then it is nothing but failure of the police in gathering informationrdquo the Congress leader added