The Saamana editorial noted that the brutal execution of Sambhaji Maharaj on the Mughal Emperor’s orders was a known history.There have been many books of history and novels on this subject, but no one until now thought of digging up Aurangzeb’s tomb, it pointed out.The Sena (UBT) mouthpiece also claimed that late RSS chief M S Golwalkar and freedom fighter and Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar had written about Sambhaji Maharaj in unflattering terms.If their writings did not incite riots, why should people resort to violence after watching a film, it asked.Rumours about a ‘chadar’ with Quranic inscriptions being burnt during protests led by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal seeking the removal of Aurangzeb’s tomb led to violence in Nagpur on Monday in which several police personnel were injured.Fadnavis stated in the assembly on Wednesday that no such chadar with holy inscriptions was found to have been burnt, but the rumours incited passions.
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