Nagpur Violence: Over 100 Arrested, New CCTV Video Shows Group Recced Area Before Clashes
The Nagpur Police on Thursday arrested nine more people in connection with the March 17 clashes, bringing the total number of arrests to more than 100.
Additionally, the local police stations have also begun their own respective arrest operations, based on various CCTV videos, which could lead to more arrests in the coming days.
Those arrested on Thursday are set to be presented in the court on Friday.
By Thursday afternoon, the police had arrested 91 people in connection with the violence.
NAGPUR VIOLENCE: NEW EMERGES
Meanwhile, a new CCTV footage from Nagpur, hours before the violence had erupted, has surfaced on social media.
The video shows a group, believed to be rioters, carrying out a recce of the area before the clashes.
MASSIVE UPDATE: New CCTV footage from Nagpur of the time just before the clashes over Aurangzeb broke out shows some people, believed to be the rioters, carrying out a recce of the area. The police is identifying these individuals before summoning them to bolster its case that… pic.twitter.com/rWUuzzvWrb
— Rahul Shivshankar (@RShivshankar) March 21, 2025
The police were trying to identify those seen in the fresh video.
WHAT HAPPENED IN NAGPUR?
Clashes at two separate places broke out in Nagpur following rumours that the holy book of a community was burnt during an agitation by a right-wing body for the removal of Aurangzeb’s tomb.
Several houses were vandalised, a medical clinic was burnt, and many vehicles were torched, leaving nearly 40 people, including some cops, injured.
On March 17, around 200 to 250 members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal gathered near the Shivaji Maharaj statue in Mahal, Nagpur, to support removing Aurangzeb’s grave.
The protesters raised slogans demanding the grave’s removal and displayed a symbolic green cloth filled with cow dung cakes.
Later, at 7.30 pm, around 80 to 100 people reportedly gathered in Bhaldarpura, creating tension and disrupting law and order. The gathering further caused distress to the public and affected people’s movement on the roads.
A curfew was imposed and prohibitory orders were placed in parts of the city following the unrest.
