7 arrested for arson in Nashik district

MUMBAI : Even as normalcy returned to Nashik on Monday, a day after violent protests over sexual assault on a minor, police personnel were deployed across the district

MUMBAI : Even as normalcy returned to Nashik on Monday, a day after violent protests over sexual assault on a minor, police personnel were deployed across the district to avoid any untoward incident.

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Twenty vehicles, including three police vans, ST buses and private vehicles, were torched and roads were blocked in Nashik district on Sunday, to demand action against the 15-year-old accused.

“We have arrested seven people for arson,” said Ankush Shinde, superintendent of police, Nashik rural, whose vehicle, too, was targeted.

“We are taking action against those sending messages on the social media and spreading rumours to disturb law and order,” said Nashik police commissioner Ravindra Singhal. The police are meeting residents of the village where the incident took place to ensure there is no law and order problem.

They have urged the villagers to refrain from spreading communal hatred and falling prey to rumours.