ahmedabad the violence and rioting that erupted on wednesday in karanj may have been masterminded by disruptive elements wanting to foment communal illwill the police are now actively probing this angle as one of the reasons that triggered the unrest investigations into the matter have revealed some shocking details which have got the cops taking a closer look at the incident we found that one of the main accused zarina khan had spoken extensively on her mobile phone to a senior political leader before and during the incident not just that she was also in constant touch with a retired ips officer however we cant divulge more about this matter at this juncture said a senior city police official khan was the one who had sought permission from the city police commissioner for wednesdays rally to protest an antiislam video her application was turned down but the rallyists continued with their plans without permission violence erupted in a part of the walled city when the rally reached jama masjid an angry mob torched the karanj police chowki a police jeep 11 police bikes and a government vehicle near teen darwaja faced with heavy stone pelting and public wrath the police had fired more than 30 teargas shells and three rounds of bullets in the air in the aftermath city police arrested 120 persons including khan who had sought permission for the rally khan who runs an ngo as well as all the other accused have been booked for attempt to murder conspiracy and damaging public property three different complaints have been registered by the police in this regard police inspectors p u sisodia k g patel and subinspector b k asari have registered separate complaints in connection with wednesdays incident usually only an offense of rioting against a faceless mob is registered in such cases however weve some scientific evidences that have led us to believe that this incident of rioting was stagemanaged and meant to instigate communal tension crime branch officials too have been roped in the investigations said the official joint commissioner of police ajay tomar said we are probing into the background of khans ngo and her activities all aspects like the organizations registration and its sources of funding are being investigated along with other factors like who are behind mobilizing the rally and were supporting khan cops have obtained call record details of all those arrested in the case we want to ascertain who all these rioters were in touch with before during and after the incident and if khan was in the forefront then we want to know who is the mastermind said the official police also have got some video footage of the rallyists leaving sardarbaug and violence erupting near jama masjid video recording of electronic media and photographs clicked by print media personnel are also being scrutinized the photos and clippings are being shown to those arrested to identify the rioters said a police source according to police investigations khan has been in