Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) member Rajkumar Sharma on Tuesday alleged that the violence in Nagpur was a pre-planned attack, blaming it on what he referred to as "Aurangzeb ki aulad," claiming that certain groups had deliberately escalated tensions following a protest over the removal of a grave, despite the issue being discussed with the police and the local Muslim community.

Speaking to ANI, VHP member Rajkumar Sharma said, "Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal announced earlier that they will hold a protest...The protest was over the removal of the grave...There was a grave on which a green cloth was kept, if something is written on it in Urdu, how will one understand, many people don`t understand Marathi even after living in Maharashtra...Usually, a green cloth is kept on the grave... When it was burnt, when it was broken, they unnecessarily made an issue out of it...The issue was discussed with the police administration. People from the Muslim community also understood it."