Nagpur riots: Maharashtra cyber cell identifies provocative posts

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The Maharashtra cyber cell is intensifying its investigation into the Nagpur riots that occurred on March 17. Authorities have identified provocative social media posts related to the riots and are issuing takedown notices.

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00:00Investigation is intensifying in the Nagpur riots case, what happened on March 17th evening?

00:06Cops have now said as the Maharashtra cyber cell is tracking the latest on that.

00:11We have identified provocative posts related to the riots.

00:14We have issued notice to take down and any information of the posts coming in.

00:18Basically, I quote from what the Maharashtra cyber cell is saying.

00:21We have identified a few people who posted provocative social media posts and they are being sent notice.

00:27Remember that there was some humor mongering, misinformation campaign that was led

00:32about something that was burnt possibly by the Hindu groups in the protest.

00:37By evening, while Hindu groups had gone back and dispersed, by 7pm this is what happened.

00:44A mob appeared starting to vandalize parts of the city, attacking even houses, homes

00:53and you can see the number of people out on the streets with sticks and rods and much worse.

00:59Vidya joins me on the phone line for the latest on that.

01:02Vidya, tell us how the Maharashtra cyber cell is leading the investigation on this and what are they looking into?

01:10Well, there is an issue that the Chief Minister himself had pointed out wherein he had stated that

01:17this entire mob violence had started after social media posts wrongly stating that there was a chadar that was burnt

01:27or a tomb desecrated that has led to this entire mob.

01:32And the way the mob went around rampaging wherein they attacked policemen and even tried to, as he said,

01:43women police cops were molested and the mob even tried to strip off.

01:49That was not right and that's one of the reasons why the police is taking strict action against those people

01:56who have vandalized and went around creating such a ruckus in this city.

02:04And that's one of the reasons why the Chief Minister very clearly stated that everyone will be identified

02:12even if they have to be brought in from wherever they are hiding.

02:16And that has to be a state call that irrespective what community, group, anywhere they would be,

02:25nobody should be allowed to indulge in mob violence and disturb law and order

02:29on some random issues in which the mob can suddenly emerge and look at that violence and aggression.

02:36Thank you Vidya. We will be tracking how Maharashtra government and the police ensures that this is never repeated again in the state.

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