Maharashtra: 10 more held for attack on man for allegedly backing Nupur Sharma; all 14 accused arrested

With the arrest of 10 more persons in connection with the attack on a man in Maharashtras Ahmednagar district for allegedly supporting Bharatiya Janata Partys Nupur Sharma on social media the police have held all 14 accused in the case an official said on SundayThe attack incident had occurred on August 4 in Karjat town of Ahmednagar district The 23yearold victim Pratik alias Sunny Rajendra Pawar was attacked with sharp weapons by at least 14 people from the Muslim community with a sword sickle sticks and hockey sticks police saidPawar was later admitted to the Intensive Care Unit ICU of a hospital for injuries to his head and other parts of the body they saidThe police had earlier arrested four accused in the caseAfter the first information report FIR the Ahmednagar police had launched a search operation to nab the accused On Saturday four accused in the case were arrested the official saidContinuing the searches in Karjat area officials of the probe team nabbed 10 more accused later he said adding All 14 accused in the case have been held nowThe incident of attack had occurred when Pawar and Amit Mane the complainant in the case were going to attend an event on his twowheeler and waiting for a friend near the medical shop at at Akkabai Chowk in Karjat While they were waiting for a friend some men belonging to the Muslim community approached them on twowheelers They were carrying a sword sickle and hockey sticks the FIR saidAlso Read Surat businessman gets death threats for uploading Nupur Sharmas pic on Instagram three arrestedOne of them shouted at Pawar saying he had written a post on social media in support of Nupur Sharma and also put the status on Instagram after Kanhaiya Lal and attacked him Mane stated in his complaint filed on FridayAccording to the complaint the attackers targeted Pawar for his alleged social media post for supporting Nupur Sharma and status of Kanhaiya Lal on Instagram the police official saidKanhaiya Lal was allegedly murdered by two Muslim men in June in Udaipur for allegedly sharing a social media post in support of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma whose comments on Prophet Mohammad had caused a huge rowPawar sustained serious injuries in the attack in his head and other body parts and was undergoing treatment at a private hospital The attackers threatened Pawar that he will meet the same fate as that Umesh Kolhe One of the attackers hit Pawar in his eyes the official said quoting the FIRKolhe a chemist was killed over his alleged support for Nupur Sharma on social media in Maharashtras Amravati district After Pawar was left injured Mane called up his two friends and they rushed Pawar to a staterun hospital police saidThe FIR was registered against 14 people under sections 307 attempt to murder143 being a member of an unlawful assembly 147 rioting 323 voluntarily causing hurt and 504 intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace and others of the Indian Penal Code IPC and the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Prevention of Atrocities Act police saidPolice are examining Pawars social media accounts and also recovered his mobile phone for further investigation in the case the official saidThe mobile phone will be sent to the forensic science lab to verify whether he had uploaded any post from the gadget he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever