The complaint has been filed by a member of one 'Swabhiman Sanghatana'. The Secretary of the group noticed a huge flex put up by the Moinuddin Chishti Committee in the Padwal Nagar, Thane West area.
The complainant identified as Anil Pardeshi stated that the accused persons in an inebriated state arrived in his residential locality late at around 11 pm and attacked his uncle, Ajay, and his younger cousin accompanying him.
A massive police force has been deployed in Ahilya Nagar to maintain law and order as Hindus continue to protest against the two incidents of temple vandalism.
The woman from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar was a divorcee and was a mother to a 4-year-old. She was earlier married to Baba Sayyed, and after the divorce met Jahir.
As per the police, more than 40 individuals have been arrested for creating and escalating violence in the district. SIG Nanded, Shahaji Umap confirmed the incident and said that several shops, CCTV cameras, and hoardings of the shops were destroyed by the miscreants.
For several years, the Islamist group had been claiming that the historical fort having significance since the times of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj housed a Masjid which was 'erroneously' being claimed as a Hindu temple. The Islamists also stated that the fort was a Waqf property and that it belonged to the Waqf Board.
The accused persons have been booked by the police under sections 109, 118(1), 115(2), 352, 351(3), 126(2), 189(2), 191(2), 191(3) and 190 of the Bharatiya Nyay Samhita, 2024 and section 3(2)(va) of the SC/ST Act. No arrests in the case have yet been made.