4 Arrested For Alleged Conspiracy To Trigger Violence In Indore

The accused allegedly conspired to create unrest in one part of the city, then trigger a series of riots at other places to baffle the police and the administration, a police officer said

The Madhya Pradesh Police on Saturday arrested four people for allegedly spreading inflammatory messages on social media and conspiring to trigger violence in Indore, a senior police officer said. The accused have been identified as Altmash Khan, Mohammad Imran Ansari, Javed Khan and Syed Irfan Ali, all in the age group of 20 and 30 years, Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Bagri said. "The four accused are inspired by radical ideology. They have spread inflammatory messages on social media related to a conspiracy to trigger communal riots at different places by creating a sense of discontent among people over some recent incidents in the city," the officer said. The accused allegedly conspired to create unrest in one part of the city, then trigger a series of riots at other places to baffle the police and the administration, he said.