Talking in regards to the Mankhurd case, an officer mentioned that round 10.30pm, 8 individuals on 4 motorcycles handed throughout the space after visiting a non secular accumulating in Chembur. “As they had been passing through a mosque, they began chanting non secular slogans. Following this, a couple of folks outdoor the mosque requested them to not elevate slogans as Ramzan prayers had been underway,” inspector R Surve mentioned.

This resulted in an issue between the 2 aspects, which escalated right into a struggle. One particular person, Sonu Choudhary, who used to be at the motorcycle, used to be roughed up through the group outdoor the mosque, an officer mentioned. The 8 individuals at the motorcycle left the spot however returned after 20 mins, accompanied through over 25 individuals armed with rods and sticks.

“Since they may no longer in finding the folk that they had a struggle with previous, they began destroying motorcycles, automobiles and auto rickshaws on the spot. The cars belonged to locals of each communities,” the officer mentioned. The gang dispersed best after a police staff arrived.

The native Mankhurd police registered two FIRs within the case at the grievance through Choudhary and a neighborhood, Abdullah Shaikh. An officer mentioned that one of the vital FIRs pertained to the biker being roughed up outdoor the mosque; 4 individuals had been arrested within the case. The second one FIR used to be towards the group of 25 individuals who got here later and broken cars on the spot. A senior officer mentioned {that a} general of 7 individuals had been arrested within the two FIRs that had been registered on Monday.

In the second one incident that came about at Malwani, the Mumbai police Sunday registered an FIR towards 25 individuals from the Bharatiya Janata Birthday party (BJP) and Bajrang Dal amongst others for sporting out a procession with out prior police permission. A police respectable mentioned that the accused attempted to create ruckus within the Malwani space and a police staff rushed to the spot and controlled to keep an eye on the placement. The FIR has been registered below the IPC for hurting non secular sentiments. Some of the accused are BJP’s Vinod Shelar and different native leaders of the birthday celebration in conjunction with the ones of Bajrang Dal.

Responding to the incidents, Maharashtra House Minister Dilip Walse Patil mentioned that motion might be taken towards the ones seeking to give the incidents a communal color. Patil instructed folks of all communities to deal with peace and solidarity, and assist the police in keeping up regulation and order within the state. He mentioned that contributors of a few political events were giving “provocative” statements, which might building up enmity between Hindus and Muslims.

Senior cops mentioned {that a} mob of round 4,000 folks accumulated at Malwani and went round mosques enjoying loudspeakers. An officer mentioned that the rally used to be performed regardless of police permission being denied for it. Round 7 pm, an enormous crowd accumulated at Jama Masjid and performed tune on speaker. The mosque government asked the group to go away as Namaz used to be underway.

A police respectable from Malwani police station, asking for anonymity, mentioned, “FIR has been taken towards the organisers and the ones growing ruckus for hurting non secular sentiments and violating police order. There used to be no prevalence of violence or belongings injury.”

Amongst the ones booked are BJP chief Shelar and BJYM chief Tajinder Singh Tiwana. Police safety has been higher in Malwani after the incident.