No Quranic verse on the cloth burnt during protest: Fadnavis
MUMBAI, March 20 -- While participating in a debate on budgetary allocations for the home department at the state Assembly on Wednesday, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis veered the discussion towards unrest in Nagpur after protests led by right wing groups Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal on Monday. He quelled rumours, which ran rife at the time, that a green cloth placed on a symbolic grave of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb was inked with Quranic verses before it was set on fire, which allegedly led to the communal riots. Fadnavis said, "Police did not find any Quranic verse on the green cloth. Some people deliberately circulated messages to that effect which disturbed the law and order."...
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