‘No kind of violence good for society’: RSS on Nagpur riots, says ‘Aurangzeb not related right now’ | India Information – The Instances of India

NEW DELHI: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Wednesday distanced itself from the continuing controversy over the calls for to raze the tomb of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, positioned in Khultabad in Maharashtra.
Throughout a press convention on the RSS headquarters, Sunil Ambekar condemned the violence in Maharashtra’s Nagpur and stated that any kind of violence is detrimental to the well being of society.
“Any kind of violence is just not good for the well being of society. I believe the police have taken cognizance of the incident and can look into the small print,” Ambekar stated.
When requested in regards to the relevance of the longest-reigning Mughal emperor, Ambekar dismissed the query, saying, “I believe Aurangzeb is just not related right now.”
This comes days after violent clashes broke out between two teams over calls for to take away Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s tomb in Khultabad. Metropolis Police Commissioner Ravinder Kumar Singal imposed a curfew in a number of areas below Part 163 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) after two bulldozers and 40 automobiles, together with police vans, have been torched.
In accordance with information company PTI, the state of affairs escalated in a number of areas of the town amid rumors {that a} holy guide of the Muslim neighborhood was burned throughout an agitation by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal at Shivaji Putla Sq. at Mahal Gate. Effigies of Aurangzeb and a non secular chadar have been additionally allegedly burned through the protest.
This led to retaliation from one other neighborhood, with round 1,000 folks partaking in large-scale stone-pelting, vandalism, and arson, injuring a number of police personnel and damaging a number of automobiles and houses.
Greater than 650 rioters have been booked in a single FIR at Ganeshpeth police station, with 57 sections below the BNS. Police have additionally named 51 activists of a minority democratic celebration within the offense, a police supply stated.
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis additionally warned that his authorities would take motion if any try was made to glorify Aurangzeb within the state.
Earlier on Tuesday, Fadnavis, who holds the house portfolio and hails from Nagpur, instructed the meeting, “There have been protests within the morning, after which there was peace. However within the night, there was a pre-planned assault by which choose properties and institutions have been focused. A trolley of stones was discovered, and weapons have been additionally recovered.”
He spoke in regards to the movie Chhaava, which portrays the battle between Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj and Aurangzeb. “I am not blaming any movie, but it surely has fanned sentiments amongst folks, and their anger in opposition to Aurangzeb is popping out. I enchantment to all to keep up calm and respect non secular areas.”