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A protestation against an ‘I Love Muhammad’ graffiti painted connected the roadworthy successful Maharashtra’s Ahilyanagar turned convulsive connected Monday (September 29, 2025), prompting constabulary to baton-charge a chromatic pelting mob, officials said.
The protesters had blocked the arterial Ahilyanagar-Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Road contempt 1 idiosyncratic being arrested successful transportation with the graffiti, they added.
“The protestation began this greeting astatine Kotla successful Kotwali country aft idiosyncratic had painted ‘I Love Muhammad’ connected the road, which was objected to by members of the Muslim community. A ailment was lodged astatine Kotwali constabulary presumption against this graffiti,” an authoritative said.
“Despite 1 idiosyncratic being arrested successful transportation with the graffiti, immoderate radical protested. Even arsenic constabulary urged them to support instrumentality and order, immoderate persons from the mob started pelting stones. Police resorted to lathi-charge to reconstruct normalcy,” the authoritative said.
At slightest 30 persons person been detained successful transportation with the protests, roadworthy blockade and chromatic pelting, Ahilyanagar Superintendent of Police Somnath Gharge said.
“We utilized unit to support instrumentality and order. Police is taking enactment against the accused persons. The concern is nether control. Citizens indispensable not judge successful oregon dispersed rumours,” Mr. Gharge said.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who is presently touring Yavatmal, said authorities volition find retired if determination is simply a conspiracy to disturb societal bid successful the authorities and polarise nine by putting up antithetic kinds of boards.
“Everyone is escaped to signifier their ain religion but not to indulge successful polarisation,” the CM asserted.
