Nagpur violence: 14 more held, takes number of arrests to 105

Fourteen persons were arrested on Friday in connection with the violence in Nagpur earlier this week taking the total number those held so far to 105 a senior police official said reported news agency PTIThose held include 10 juveniles as per policeThree more FIRs have been registered in connection with the incident he addedLargescale stone pelting and arson was reported in several parts of Nagpur on March 17 over rumours that a chadar with holy inscriptions was burnt during protests led by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad VHP seeking the removal of Aurangzebs tomb which is in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar districtThe 14 accused have been arrested from different parts of the city in connection with the riots Three more FIRs have been registered related to the riots Nagpur police commissioner Ravinder Kumar Singhal said reported PTIThe decision on lifting curfew from some parts of the city will be taken after a highlevel review meeting he added reported PTISinghal meanwhile held a meeting at Police Bhavan in Civil Lines here to take stock of the situationThirtythree police personnel including three Deputy Commissioner of Policerank officers were injured during the violenceKey accused Fahim Khan is among those booked for seditionAccused Fahim Khan seeks bail claims political vendetta against himFahim Khan a key accused in the cases related to the violence that erupted in Nagpur city earlier this week has moved the sessions court seeking bail while claiming that his arrest was political vendetta as he had sought action against VHP activists reported PTIKhan city president of the Minorities Democratic Party was arrested on March 19 two days after the incidents of rioting and arson and remanded in police custody After his remand ended on Friday the court sent him in judicial custody in view of his illhealth reported PTIThe police said it would seek his custody laterKhan also filed a bail application before the Nagpur district sessions court It is likely to come up for hearing on March 24 his lawyer Ashwin Ingole saidHe had been falsely implicated in the case and there was no evidence to show that he instigated the mobs to go on a rampage on March 17 the bail application said reported PTIThe allegations levelled against him were false and baseless and police did not attribute any overt role to him in the violence he said reported PTIThe case registered against him was political vendetta as on March 18 he had demanded that First Information Reports FIRs be registered against members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad VHP the bail application claimedWith inputs from PTI