Pune, March 18 -- Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi President Prakash Ambedkar while speaking with ANI voiced strong criticism of the Police's response to the recent violence in Nagpur, which erupted following rumours about the desecration of religious symbols. Ambedkar highlighted the role of misinformation in escalating tensions, stating that timely intervention by the police could have prevented the unrest.

According to Ambedkar, rumours about the burning of green cloth and the Quran fueled the violence.

He said,"According to the information provided to me by my workers, an effigy of the Mazar, which had a green cloth draped over it, was set on fire. Initially, a rumor spread that the green Mazar itself had been burned. Before the namaz could ...