Nagpur, March 18 -- More than 50 persons have been taken into custody, and five FIRs were registered in connection with the violence in Maharashtra's Nagpur city, police commissioner Ravinder Singal said on Tuesday.

Violence erupted in central Nagpur on Monday evening, with stones hurled at police amid rumours that the Quran was burnt during an agitation by a right-wing body for the removal of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's tomb (located in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district), officials earlier said.

Talking to reporters here, Singal said, "The police have taken more than 50 persons into custody and registered five FIRs at various police stations in connection with the violence."

Nagpur Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said socia...