Local Politician Faheem Khan, Accused Of Inciting Nagpur Violence, Arrested | Read
Police on Wednesday arrested a 'key accused' - identified as Faheem Khan, who the cops said had incited the violence - behind riots in Maharashtra's Nagpur this week, as two communities clashed over demands to relocate Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's tomb out of the state.
A local politician - from the Minority Democratic Party - Khan will be in custody till Friday.
The cops, meanwhile, are also "examining if this (the violence) was the act of a single person or an organisation". So far, they have registered six cases and filed complaints against 1,200 people, of whom less than 200 have been named so far. The rest are being tracked down.
