Police have identified Faheem Khan, also known as Shameem Khan, of the Minorities Democratic Party (MDP) as the mastermind behind the Nagpur riots. Khan allegedly led a mob of 80-100 people, inciting violence and vandalism. He previously contested the 2014 parliamentary elections against BJP's Nitin Gadkari. The riots were reportedly triggered by misinformation spread about a religious cloth being burnt.
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00:00First images of the mastermind of the Nagpur riots, the man who had orchestrated all of the
00:07violence in Nagpur has been identified as Minorities Democratic Party, MDP led by Faheem
00:15Khan or Shameem Khan. He's got two aliases essentially but that's his picture that you
00:20see right now on your screens. This is the man who ensured that Nagpur was literally on fire
00:27on Monday night. It was because of him according to police officials that we saw widespread
00:32violence and rioting taking place on the streets of Nagpur. Minorities Democratic Party, this is
00:40in fact the group that led this mob and it was led by Faheem Khan or Shameem Khan. Now he is
00:48the plotter who's been identified by the cops right now in the Nagpur violence. We are going
00:54to be getting you more details about exactly who this man is, what was his role, how did he
00:59instigate these riots, was he the one who started off that entire rumour that triggered violence,
01:04that triggered the riots. We don't know at this point but the police has confirmed that this man
01:10is in fact the mastermind, the one who led this mob, a mob of 80 to 100 people on the streets of
01:17Nagpur to attack cops, to attack local residents, to resort to vandalism, arson and outright no fear
01:26of law. Clearly also this was a pre-planned riot which is why there are questions about really who
01:32this man Faheem Khan is, what was his role in this entire riot. First images are on your screens of
01:44the mastermind of the Nagpur riot and we will connect with our reporters on the ground to get
01:48you more details about this man, reportedly a parter of the minority's democratic party.
02:14Okay, we'll get you more details about in fact the mastermind of the Nagpur riots. It's suspected
02:21that this man was the one who led the mobsters, who led the murderous mob of 80 to 100 people
02:27onto the streets of Nagpur and then unleashed hell on the city by in fact inciting this entire mob
02:36against police officials as well. Sumi is joining us live from Nagpur with more details on this.
02:41What details have you been able to really pick up about this mastermind Faheem Khan
02:46or Shamim Khan as he's called? Is he in custody right now?
02:56Yes, that is somewhere part of the investigation but what we are also picking up from the ground
03:02is this Faheem Shamim Khan also contested parliamentary elections. In fact he contested
03:072014 parliamentary elections. He was one of the 28 candidates out of you know all the 28 people
03:14who were fighting against Nitin Gadkari and in fact BJP was fighting this Faheem Khan from MDP.
03:21He contested the recently concluded parliamentary election and that is somewhere very interesting
03:26and he's the one who had accumulated, who had assembled all these people and had started the
03:31miscommunication that the green colored cloth that was burnt was in fact the Kalma and was the
03:36religious and you know sacred cloth of the Islam and that somewhere down the line that
03:42miscommunication spread across various social media platforms and social media accounts also
03:47are being constantly looked at because of this person and in fact he accumulated all of the
03:52people right outside Ganeshpet police station and in fact the video of which is also we are
03:56trying to access and he's the one who has led the entire violence and somewhere down the line
04:03the commissioner of police is now looking into the entire details and he is being looked after
04:08and in fact in the 18 page FIR on the seventh page his name pops right up as the mastermind
04:16and there are several sections under the PNS that have been imposed on almost 51 people who
04:20have been named in the FIR but this is somewhere down the line very interesting a politician
04:25by background he had accumulated the people from his community and had spread all
04:30sorts of miscommunication so he got the people together he got this mob together he spread that
04:36rumor what was the intention what was the motive why did he want to create this unrest on the
04:41streets of Nagpur was he working at someone's behest the investigation will reveal all of that
04:46so me just stay with me let's talk about what's happening right now in Nagpur