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‘Aurangzeb not Muslims’ hero’: AIMIM leader Imtiaz Jaleel says cops taking one-sided action after Nagpur violence | Pune News

‘Aurangzeb not Muslims’ hero’: AIMIM leader Imtiaz Jaleel says cops taking one-sided action after Nagpur violence | Pune News

Former MP Imtiaz Jaleel, president of the Maharashtra unit of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), denounced alleged bias in police actions following the recent violence in Nagpur. He stated that Aurangzeb is not a hero for Muslims and emphasised that the Muslim community has no connection to the Mughals. Jaleel said that regardless of how much BJP and Shiv Sena leaders attempt to divide and provoke Hindus and Muslims, they will never succeed in their “evil designs”. Violence erupted in Nagpur on March 17 over rumours that a holy book had been desecrated during a demonstration in the city by Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal, seeking the removal of the tomb of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in Khuldabad. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the the authorities have identified 104 accused and arrested or apprehended 92, including 12 juveniles. Speaking to The Indian Express, Jaleel said: “The police action after Nagpur violence is one-sided. Only Muslim youths are being targeted, which is sending out the wrong message to the community… I want to tell the …