Amravati violence: BJP leader Pote surrenders before police
The Hindu
Raza Academy’s premises in Nashik raided
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Minister of State from Maharashtra Pravin Pote surrendered before the police on Wednesday in connection with the district among other places in the State last week.
In further developments, the Nashik police raided the premises of the local branch of the Mumbai-based Raza Academy in Malegaon and seized some material, while sources in the State police have said that the Maharashtra cyber security cell, in a report, had pointed to more than 35 instances where fake social media posts on Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and Instagram were allegedly used to incite rioting in Malegaon, Amravati, Nanded and elsewhere on November 12 and 13.
Mr. Pote, an MLC, who was apparently “missing” since the violence and vandalism of November 13 in Amravati, was arrested along with nine other persons on Wednesday after he surrendered himself before the City Kotwali Police Station.
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