Police said Hayat Zafar Hashmi was the key conspirator as he called the market shutdown to protest against the controversial remarks about Prophet Muhammed. His WhatsApp chats have photos of the market shutdown before the violence.
Violence broke out in Pared, Nai Sadak and Yateemkhana areas of the city on Friday when some people tried to force shopkeepers to down shutters over allegedly insulting remarks made by BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.