The tension in Beed died down without an incident on Friday, but since March, communal tension has been simmering in Maharashtra, with at least 12 cases of unrest arising from social media posts or religious processions. In the violence that has erupted in some of these cases, at least two people have been killed, while many have been injured.
In many of these social media posts, the common figure is Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.
In Beed, local Hindu organisations called a bandh on Friday after a 14-year-old boy allegedly praised Aurangzeb on social media. The minor deleted the post soon after and put up a video apologising for it, but worried over the bandh call, shops downed their shutters in Ashti market area of Beed district Friday. The 14-year-old is now facing an FIR…
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