As reports of unrest in the Muslim-dominated Nuh area surfaced, there were subsequent incidents of violence in the adjoining Gurugram district’s Sohna region. Mobs set fire to four vehicles and a shop.
The situation escalated as protesters blocked a road for several hours. In the Nuh violence, approximately a dozen policemen were injured, with eight of them requiring hospitalisation. Among the injured officers was Hodal’s deputy superintendent of police, Sajjan Singh, who sustained a gunshot wound to the head, while an inspector was injured in the stomach.
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To disperse the crowds, the police resorted to using teargas shells. The incident led to a state of tension in the region, resulting in the imposition of prohibitory orders throughout the district.
The police had to resort to using teargas shells to disperse the agitated crowds and called for additional reinforcements from nearby regions when both sides engaged in stone-throwing confrontations. Consequently, suspended mobile internet services until Wednesday, as a precautionary measure.
Home minister Anil Vij said, “Security personnel from adjoining districts are being sent to the spot. We also spoke to the Central government, and they assured that three companies of central forces would be airdropped in the area. Internet services have been suspended to avoid rumors. Palwal SP, who is in charge of Nuh district, is presently leading the force on the spot”.
The car of local journalist Anil Mohania has been set on fire by a mob in Nuh.
According to police, Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s ‘Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra’ was stopped by a group of young men near Khedla Mod in Nuh, and stones pelted at the procession. At least four cars, part of the procession, were set on fire.
People in the procession hurled stones back at the youths who had stopped them, reports said.
Police said some people were injured but were not immediately able to give the numbers.
The yatra was flagged off earlier from Gurugram’s Civil Lines by BJP district president Gargi Kakkar. A police contingent was deployed with the procession.
According to some claims, the trigger for the clash was an objectionable video posted on social media by a Bajrang Dal activist in Ballabhgarh. There were also reports that Monu Manesar, a cow vigilante wanted in the murder of two Muslim men in Rajasthan, was supposed to joint the procession.
The yatra was flagged off earlier from Gurugram’s Civil Lines by BJP district president Gargi Kakkar. A police contingent was deployed with the procession. Home minister Vij said he is in regular touch with senior officials.
“Our first priority is to bring situation under control. We are appealing to all to maintain peace,” Vij told PTI.
Vij said that he also spoke to the director general of police, additional chief secretary, and other senior officials.
“Today’s incident is unfortunate, I appeal to the people of the state to maintain peace. Strict action to be taken against the perpetrators,” tweets Haryana CM ML Khattar on Nuh clashes.
(With inputs from PTI)
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