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Haryana Communal Violence: Section 144 in Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh; internet suspended
10am | Thousands gather for the Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra, which begins from Nalhar in Nuh. The march is supposed to cross temples across the district and end by evening
12pm | Some people of the group allegedly raise slogans, which trigger stone-pelting. According to one report, it begins at Khedla Mod in Nuh
4pm | By now, clashes spread all across Nuh. Vehicles, police stations, shops and petrol pumps are torched. Some people carrying arms fire in the air
5.30pm | Haryana govt suspends mobile internet and SMS services till August 2 in Nuh, citing ‘intense communal tension’ and danger to life and property
6pm | Violence also spreads to areas adjoining Nuh, including Sohna in Gurgaon, Hodal in Palwal and Ballabgarh in Faridabad; a group attempts to block Rajiv Chowk intersection on NH-8, but cops manage to disperse the crowd
8.30pm | Gurgaon deputy commissioner issues a warning against any online post that could spread rumours and incite violence
In Sohna, mobs break past police line, toss gas cylinders into house
Hours into communal violence that broke out in Nuh, mobs went on the rampage for over an hour at Sohna Chowk in the city on Monday, breaking through a police line to pelt stones at houses and shops, and torching vehicles that came in their way.
Police said the mob’s fury was fed by online posts and social media rumours about the clashes that erupted while a religious procession was passing through Nuh.
“We have never seen something like this. Youths from both sides threw stones at each other. I saw one youngster throwing three LPG cylinders in one house to kill all those who were inside,” said a resident of the area.
‘Attacked from all sides’: Hundreds take shelter in temple, wait for rescue
A Shiv temple in Nalhar turned into a shelter for hundreds of people who were pelted with stones and attacked with sticks and petrol bombs during a religious procession on Monday morning.
Several of them were injured and bleeding from the wounds and waited to be rescued at the time of filing this report on Monday night. Most of them had participated in the Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra, which had started from Civil Lines in Gurgaon and was blocked near an intersection in Nuh.
Watch Nuh communal violence: Schools shut in Gurugram and Faridabad, Central forces deployed
