: Maharashtra: Shops belonging to Muslims burnt during bandh called by BJP in Amravati, say police #IndiaNEWS Two shops belonging to Muslims were burnt during a shutdown observed by the Bharatiya Janata

Maharashtra: Shops belonging to Muslims burnt during bandh called by BJP in Amravati, say police #IndiaNEWS
Two shops belonging to Muslims were burnt during a shutdown observed by the Bharatiya Janata Party in Maharashtra’s Amravati city on Saturday, The Indian Express reported. The BJP observed the bandh in response to a protest staged by a Muslim organisation on Friday against the recent communal violence in Tripura. The protestors had allegedly thrown stones at BJP leader Pravin Pote’s home. Incidents of stone-pelting were also reported from other places in Amravati, after which the authorities on Saturday imposed a curfew for four days and suspended internet services. On the same day, 6,000 workers of the BJP and Hindutva groups Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad assembled at Rajkamal Chowk in Amravati reportedly on Pote’s instructions, according to The Indian Express. “A section of this crowd turned violent, burnt two shops, damaged some other shops, burnt vehicles,??? an unidentified police officer told the newspaper. “Almost all the victims are from the minority community. It appears that the violence had been planned a day in advance in retaliation for the violence on Friday by some members of the minority community.???One of the shops burnt during the violence had been running since 1970 and belonged to a man named Shadab Khan. The shop owner said his electronics repair business had already been hit by the coronavirus crisis....Read more

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