Protests continued on Day 3 against suspended BJP functionary Nupur Sharma over her derogatory remarks on Prophet Muhammad, in Ahmedabad city of Gujarat, while authorities demolished the house of a local leader in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj over the claims that he was the mastermind of the violence on Friday. In other places, like Ranchi and Howrah, police acted against ‘thousands’ of demonstrators even as uneasy calm prevailed in these cities, which are under curfew, on Sunday. Though Sharma faces an FIR over her offensive remarks, she has not been arrested yet.

The Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) on Sunday demolished the house of Javed Ahmad, alias Pump, the alleged mastermind of Friday’s violence here, amid a heavy police deployment. A day earlier, the properties of two people accused of rioting were demolished in Saharanpur where stone pelting had taken place as well.