Nagpur, March 21 -- As many as 99 people have been arrested in connection with the Nagpur violence, and an unbiased investigation is being carried out, Nagpur Police Commissioner Ravinder Singal said on Friday.

"Till now, 99 people have been arrested, and action is being taken against them. We are conducting an unbiased investigation," Singal told reporters.

Reacting to security for Friday prayers the Police Commissioner said, "Following due assessment, we have deployed security."

Violent clashes erupted in Nagpur on March 17 over the demand for the removal of Aurangzeb's grave, with stones hurled at police amid rumours that a holy book of a community was burnt during an agitation.

Meanwhile, the situation is back to normalcy as the c...