Nagpur Violence: "An intelligence failure or they let it happen," says NCP-SCP's Rohit Pawar

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 19 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-SCP) leader Rohit Pawar on Wednesday said that action should be taken against the accused involved in the Nagpur violence.
"When the CM and the DCM gave a statement yesterday, in which they indirectly accepted that it was an intelligence failure. If something is preplanned and the police do not know about it, then it is an intelligence failure... Either it is an intelligence failure, or if it is that they did not act even when they had the intelligence, this means they let the violence happen... If anyone is involved in violence, then action will be taken against them; they may be from any community," Rohit Pawar told ANI.
Meanwhile, curfew is still in place for the second consecutive day in 10 police station limits of Nagpur following violent clashes that erupted on March 17.
The curfew applies to police station limits in Kotwali, Ganeshpeth, Tehsil, Lakadganj, Pachpaoli, Shantinagar, Sakkardara, Nandanvan, Imamwada, Yashodharanagar, and Kapilnagar.
Pertinently, an FIR has also been lodged under the multiple sections from the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, along with other laws such as the Arms Act, Maharashtra Police Act, and Prevention of Public Property Damage Act at the Ganeshpath Police Station.
The complaint has been filed by Police Inspector Jitendra Baburao Gadge and the FIR names 51 individuals, including several minors. The accused are primarily from Nagpur city, residing in areas like Jafar Nagar, Tajbagh, Mominpura, and Bhalaadapura.
According to the FIR, "The protest turned violent when the crowd began hurling stones and throwing petrol bombs at police officers. Police were reportedly attacked with deadly weapons like axes and iron rods. The crowd, despite repeated warnings from the police to disperse, continued to engage in violent actions, threatening the safety of both police personnel and civilians."
As per the FIR, "During the violence in Nagpur, one of the accused took advantage of the darkness and touched the uniform and body of a woman police officer of the RCP squad on duty to remove her clothes. The accused also made obscene gestures and misbehaved with some women police personnel. This has been revealed in the FIR lodged at Ganeshpeth Police Station in Nagpur."
The police have been authorised to close roads in affected areas to maintain law and order. Anyone violating the curfew "remains punishable under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)." (ANI)