Nine people were injured in the center of India during violent incidents caused by the appeal of a Hindu nationalist movement in favor of the destruction of the tomb of a Muslim emperor, they reported on Tuesday, March 18.
The activists of the distant movement Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) demand the dismantling of the monument in Nagpur the body of Aurengzeb, resulting from a dynasty that reigned on this part of India in the seventeenth century.
The VHP accuses this Emperor Mogol of having persecuted the Hindu community.
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The clashes broke out on Monday, March 17 in the city on Monday, after Hindu activists set fire to a photo of Aurengzeb, NDTV television reported.
In response, the protesters burned vehicles and fired houses. According to the Press Trust of India agency, six civilians and three police officers were injured. The NDTV channel, meanwhile, reports on fifty arrests.
Local authorities have also banned any meeting of more than four people in the public square and strengthened security around the Tomb of Aurengzeb, about 450 kilometers west of Nagpur.
The chief of the Mharashtra State Executive, the ultra -nationalist Hindu will become Fadnavis, urged the population not to “believe rumors” and regretted having to protect the burial of Aurengzeb “despite their past acts of persecution.”
In power since 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has involved Emperor Moghol several times. “Aurengzeb and its tyrants cut many heads,” he said in 2022.
Narendra Modi is regularly accused of his criticisms and the Indian civil society against about 200 million Muslims in the most populous country on the planet.
Source: BFM TV
