On Friday, over eight thousand people had gathered outside the Amravati district collector's office to submit a memorandum demanding that atrocities against the minority community be stopped, officials had said.
On Saturday, leader of opposition Devendra Fadnavis said, “I appeal to both communities to remain calm and maintain law and order. The entire flare up is over something which never took place in Tripura, in fact the police there have released photos showing that no place of worship was damaged. Yet on social media some people instigated citizens and caused this furore."
As per reports, Kotwali Police has so far registered 11 FIRs under various charges including rioting and ten persons were arrested.
After minor incidents of stone-pelting reported on Friday from Nanded, Amravati and Malegaon(Nashik), home minister Dilip Walse-Patil made a late-night video appeal for restrain from all groups.