Two dwelling guards killed, 15 others injured as mobs pelt stones at VHP procession in Haryana’s Nuh

By PTI

GURUGRAM/CHANDIGARH: Two dwelling guards have been killed and at the very least 15 others, together with a number of policemen, have been injured Monday as a mob in Haryana’s Nuh district tried to cease a Vishva Hindu Parishad procession, pelting stones and setting vehicles on hearth, officers stated.

#WATCH | Aftermath of conflict that broke out between two teams in Haryana’s Nuh at present. pic.twitter.com/yyVp10Hwzr

— ANI (@ANI) July 31, 2023

The Union Home Ministry stated it’s dispatching 15 further firms of central forces to Haryana, as violence additionally erupted in Sohna within the neighbouring Gurugram district, adjoining to Delhi.

As information of the violence in Muslim-dominated Nuh unfold, mobs in Sohna set ablaze 4 automobiles and a store, apparently belonging to individuals from that neighborhood.

Protesters there blocked a street for hours. About 2,500 males, ladies and youngsters who had taken shelter at a Shiv temple in Nuh have been evacuated by police, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij stated.

Prohibitory orders banning the meeting of individuals have been clamped in Nuh and Gurugram districts. Mobile web providers have been suspended in Nuh and Faridabad as much as Wednesday.

Educational institutes have been ordered closed Tuesday in Faridabad and Palwal districts as a precautionary measure.

Gurugram Police Commissioner Kala Ramachandran stated two dwelling guards, connected with the district, have been killed within the violence in adjoining Nuh.

About 10 police personnel have been injured in Nuh violence, the official stated.

Another police officer confirmed that one of many dwelling guards, recognized as Neeraj, died as a consequence of a gunshot wound. Eight of the injured police personnel have been taken to Gurugram’s Medanta Hospital, he stated.

Among the injured Hodal Deputy Superintendent of Police Sajjan Singh was shot within the head and an inspector within the abdomen.

Police stated the automobiles set ablaze have been a part of the procession or belonged to them.

A video clip confirmed at the very least 4 vehicles on hearth. Another purported video confirmed two broken police vehicles. The clip contained the sound of gunfire. Police lobbed teargas shells in an try and disperse the mobs.

Suspending cellular web providers in Nuh, the Haryana authorities stated there was “intense communal tension” within the space.

According to police, VHP’s ‘Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra’ was stopped by a gaggle of younger males close to Nuh’s Khedla Mod and stones have been pelted on the procession.

Cars have been then set ablaze. People within the procession additionally hurled stones again on the youths who had stopped them, experiences stated.

Later, many took refuge in a temple as police tried to evacuate them to security. The yatra was flagged off from Gurugram’s Civil Lines by BJP district president Gargi Kakkar.

A police contingent was deployed with the procession.

According to some claims, the set off for the conflict was an objectionable video posted on social media by a Bajrang Dal activist in Ballabhgarh.

There have been additionally experiences that Monu Manesar, a cow vigilante booked earlier for the homicide of two Muslim males whose charred our bodies have been discovered within the Bhiwani district in February, was supposed to affix the procession.

The vigilante, nevertheless, saidI that he didn’t take part on the recommendation of the VHP, which feared that his presence would create stress. There have been additionally threats on Twitter daring him to return to Nuh.

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State dwelling minister Anil Vij stated within the night that three firms of central forces have already reached.

According to the Union Home Ministry, the Centre is making out there 15 further firms have been being made out there to the state.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar appealed for calm in Nuh, invoking the slogan “Haryana Ek Haryanvi Ek (Haryanvis are one)”.

Congress chief Randeep Singh Surjewala referred to as it a Black Day for Haryana, blaming the Khattar authorities for the failure of regulation and order.

Former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda requested individuals to take care of peace and brotherhood. Nuh MLA Aftab Ahmed and former legislator MLA Zakir Hussain additionally issued related appeals.

“Our first priority is to bring the situation under control. We are appealing to all to maintain peace,” Vij stated.

He instructed reporters it will likely be decided later who was accountable for the violence.

GURUGRAM/CHANDIGARH: Two dwelling guards have been killed and at the very least 15 others, together with a number of policemen, have been injured Monday as a mob in Haryana’s Nuh district tried to cease a Vishva Hindu Parishad procession, pelting stones and setting vehicles on hearth, officers stated.

#WATCH | Aftermath of conflict that broke out between two teams in Haryana’s Nuh at present. pic.twitter.com/yyVp10Hwzr
— ANI (@ANI) July 31, 2023
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As information of the violence in Muslim-dominated Nuh unfold, mobs in Sohna set ablaze 4 automobiles and a store, apparently belonging to individuals from that neighborhood.

Protesters there blocked a street for hours. About 2,500 males, ladies and youngsters who had taken shelter at a Shiv temple in Nuh have been evacuated by police, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij stated.

Prohibitory orders banning the meeting of individuals have been clamped in Nuh and Gurugram districts. Mobile web providers have been suspended in Nuh and Faridabad as much as Wednesday.

Educational institutes have been ordered closed Tuesday in Faridabad and Palwal districts as a precautionary measure.

Gurugram Police Commissioner Kala Ramachandran stated two dwelling guards, connected with the district, have been killed within the violence in adjoining Nuh.

About 10 police personnel have been injured in Nuh violence, the official stated.

Another police officer confirmed that one of many dwelling guards, recognized as Neeraj, died as a consequence of a gunshot wound. Eight of the injured police personnel have been taken to Gurugram’s Medanta Hospital, he stated.

Among the injured Hodal Deputy Superintendent of Police Sajjan Singh was shot within the head and an inspector within the abdomen.

Police stated the automobiles set ablaze have been a part of the procession or belonged to them.

A video clip confirmed at the very least 4 vehicles on hearth. Another purported video confirmed two broken police vehicles. The clip contained the sound of gunfire. Police lobbed teargas shells in an try and disperse the mobs.

Suspending cellular web providers in Nuh, the Haryana authorities stated there was “intense communal tension” within the space.

According to police, VHP’s ‘Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra’ was stopped by a gaggle of younger males close to Nuh’s Khedla Mod and stones have been pelted on the procession.

Cars have been then set ablaze. People within the procession additionally hurled stones again on the youths who had stopped them, experiences stated.

Later, many took refuge in a temple as police tried to evacuate them to security. The yatra was flagged off from Gurugram’s Civil Lines by BJP district president Gargi Kakkar.

A police contingent was deployed with the procession.

According to some claims, the set off for the conflict was an objectionable video posted on social media by a Bajrang Dal activist in Ballabhgarh.

There have been additionally experiences that Monu Manesar, a cow vigilante booked earlier for the homicide of two Muslim males whose charred our bodies have been discovered within the Bhiwani district in February, was supposed to affix the procession.

The vigilante, nevertheless, saidI that he didn’t take part on the recommendation of the VHP, which feared that his presence would create stress. There have been additionally threats on Twitter daring him to return to Nuh.

ALSO READ | Internet providers suspended until Aug 2 in Haryana’s Nuh after clashes escape between two teams

State dwelling minister Anil Vij stated within the night that three firms of central forces have already reached.

According to the Union Home Ministry, the Centre is making out there 15 further firms have been being made out there to the state.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar appealed for calm in Nuh, invoking the slogan “Haryana Ek Haryanvi Ek (Haryanvis are one)”.

Congress chief Randeep Singh Surjewala referred to as it a Black Day for Haryana, blaming the Khattar authorities for the failure of regulation and order.

Former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda requested individuals to take care of peace and brotherhood. Nuh MLA Aftab Ahmed and former legislator MLA Zakir Hussain additionally issued related appeals.

“Our first priority is to bring the situation under control. We are appealing to all to maintain peace,” Vij stated.

He instructed reporters it will likely be decided later who was accountable for the violence.