Internet shut, 4-day curfew in Maharashtra's Amravati over fresh violence

Internet services were shut down and a fourday curfew was imposed on Saturday in Maharashtras Amravati city which witnessed fresh violence during a Bandh a senior police official saidA mob threw stones at shops during the bandh shutdown allegedly organised by local BJP workers in protest against the rallies organized by Muslim organizations the day before to condemn the recent violence in Tripura police saidInternet services in the city will remain suspended for three days so as to prevent the spread of rumours which can fuel violence said city Commissioner of Police Arti SinghThe curfew imposed earlier in the day will remain in force for four days she announcedOn Saturday morning hundreds of people many of them holding saffron flags in their hands and raising slogans came out on streets in Rajkamal Chowk area of the eastern Maharashtra city located around 670 km from MumbaiSome members of the mob threw stones at shops in Rajkamal Chowk and other places the police official said adding that the police lathicharged the protesters to bring the situation under controlAgainst the backdrop of backtoback incidents of stonethrowing on Friday and Saturday additional police commissioner Sandip Patil issued orders imposing curfew in the city limits of Amravati under sections 1441 2 3 of the CrPc to avoid any untoward incidentsExcept for medical emergencies people are not allowed to come out of houses A gathering of more than five people is not allowed as per the orderOn Friday stonethrowing was reported during rallies taken out by Muslim organisations to protest against incidents in Tripura at Amravati Nanded Malegaon Washim and YavatmalPolice have so far arrested 20 people and detained four others by registering 20 FIRs under various charges including rioting in connection with Fridays incidentsIn Amravati over 8000 people had gathered outside the district collectors office on Friday to submit a memorandum demanding that atrocities against the minority community in Tripura be stoppedWhen people were leaving after submitting the memorandum stonethrowingg took place at three places between Chitra Chowk and Cotton Market under the limits of the Kotwali police stationMeanwhile launching a veiled attack on opposition BJP Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday said the violence in Amravati and other places was aimed at destabilising the MVA governmentSpeaking to reporters in Aurangabad Mr Raut said the state government is firm in the saddle and real faces of the perpetrators of violence will be exposed soonRaising the bogey of violence they Opposition will meet the state governor and write letters to the Union home ministry claiming that the law and order situation in Maharashtra is deteriorating This will happen in the future too But the state government is firm in the saddle Mr Raut saidAmravati district guardian minister Yashomati Thakur said some antisocial elements are trying to vitiate the atmosphere by throwing stones at shopsThe state government will take necessary action However some people are using this for political gains she said and appealed to people to not believe rumoursAIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel has also condemned the violence in AmravatiI want to question those leaders in the state who came to power by taking the votes of Muslims why they didnt condemn the violence in Tripura If this violence in Maharashtra is a tit for tat by any political party then this is the example of irresponsibility he saidOpposition leader Devendra Fadnavis said it was wrong to organise rallies in the state for an incident that never occurred in Tripura and appealed to people to exercise restraintThe Tripura government and local police have clarified that no religious place of a minority community was burned down They have issued pictures of the same as well I appeal to both the communities to observe restraint the former chief minister told reporters in MumbaiThe senior BJP leader also said that political parties in the state government should not give inflammatory statementsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever