Nagpur, March 18 -- As the violence unfolded in Nagpur, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Pravin Datke on Tuesday morning reached the violence-hit area of Hansapuri and asserted that this incident was "pre-planned". He said that the vandalisation of shops and stalls and the destruction of cameras were indicative of the same.

"This is all a pre-planned matter. If there were two shops each of Muslims and Hindus, only the latter was affected. There's a (roadside) stall that belongs to a Muslim. Nothing happened to it. However, another stall that belonged to an elderly lady was damaged. The cameras were destroyed. It indicates that this thing was planned," Datke told ANI.

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