Mumbai, March 19: In a shocking incident that took place in Mumbai, a mob allegedly set police vehicles on fire on Saturday night. Recent tweets by ANI stated that the mob also vandalised Trombay Police Station in Mumbai. The police station where the incident took place is around 300 metres away from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) headquarters in Mumbai. One police vehicle was set ablaze and two were damaged by the mob in the eastern suburbs. The attack was triggered by a morphed picture of a religious structure posted on the social media late Saturday, TOI reported. Also Read - Smart City Index 2020: Indian Cities Drop in Global Smart City Index; Singapore On Top

Reports stated that Police arrested the suspect who is a 20-year-old local resident. The suspect had posted the morphed picture following which a group of 20 people from another community, torched a police vehicle. TOI report revealed that stone pelting at two other police vehicles was also reported from the spot. Meanwhile, Police has deployed around 100 armed personnel in and around Trombay. Also Read - 'What Did He Gain By Sharing a Satirical Cartoon on Uddhav Thackeray,' Shiv Sena Launches a Scathing Attack on Navy Veteran Madan Sharma

Earlier this month, three people were critically injured in alleged police firing that triggered a mob to torch a police station and five vehicles at Resubelpara in Meghalaya’s North Garo Hills district. The three victims were returning from a weekly market when the firing took place. As the news spread, a mob set afire the local police station. Also Read - Recording Gadgets of Mediapersons Can't be Used on Flight: DGCA After Chaos on Indigo Flight With Kangana Ranaut

Mob allegedly set police vehicles on fire last night, vandalised Trombay Police Station in Mumbai. pic.twitter.com/oUoN9P11m8 — ANI (@ANI_news) March 19, 2017

Another similar incident was reported from a high school in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district where students of the school went on the rampage and vandalised its property to protest against the school management committee’s. On March 5, a 45-year-old man died under mysterious circumstances in police custody at Barhara police station in Bhojpur district. Ram Sajjan Satva, a resident of Barhara village, died after he was allegedly beaten up by policemen. Following the brutal incident, a crowd gathered outside the police station and pelted stones, injuring several police officials.

In the last month, a mob set Odisha’s Melchhamunda police station on fire and damaged two vehicles in Bargarh district. The mob was reportedly protesting against police inaction after the decomposed body of a four-year-old boy who was missing was found. In protest, a large number of local people blocked Biju Expressway at Melchhamunda holding the body of Pityush Jain demanding immediate arrest of the accused.