India, March 23 -- The city police have arrested Mohammad Hamid Engineer, national working president of the Minorities Democratic Party (MDP), on Friday evening, for his alleged role in the recent communal violence in Nagpur. Confirming the arrest, Deputy Commissioner of Police and in-charge of Nagpur Police's Cyber Cell, Lohit Matani, said a YouTuber, Mohammad Shahzad Khan, was also arrested and taken into custody in connection with the case. Khan too is linked to the MDP.

Meanwhile, the violence has claimed one life, with a resident of Garib Nawaz Nagar, who had been beaten up near Geetanjali Chowk and Hansapuri, succumbing to his injuries on Saturday morning.

Investigations revealed that the two arrested accused, Hamid Engineer and M...