Three days after violence, curfew lifted, relaxed in parts of Nagpur

The Maharashtra Police on Thursday booked six persons including Minorities Democratic Party leader Fahim Khan on charges of sedition and spreading misinformation on social media in connection with the clashes that broke out in Maharashtra’s Nagpur on Monday night, the Hindustan Times reported.

They are among 50 others named across four first information reports.

Besides the matter related to sedition, a case has been filed against persons who allegedly edited videos of the protest against Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. The videos allegedly “glorifying violence” were circulated online, ANI quoted the police as saying.

The second case relates to the video clips allegedly made to incite violence between communities and the third pertains to several social media posts that further fuelled the clashes, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cyber Cell) Lohit Matani told ANI.