Reportedly, as soon as the news of the conflict spread, the mob burned down dozens of vehicles and shops. Further, they blocked the roads for hours.
Beginning of the clash
The Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra, organised by Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), was flagged off on July 31st morning by Gargi Kakkar, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) president from Civil Lines in Gurugram. The procession was scheduled to reach Ferozepur Jhirka via Nuh.
However, the clash erupted 10 minutes after the yatra, of about 200 people began to walk from Edward Chowk in Nuh at around 2 pm. A group of miscreants infiltrated the procession near Khedla Mod, pelting stones at the participants. Though the Hindu participants initially retreated, they eventually regrouped and retaliated.
What caused the Nuh conflict?
The immediate trigger for the violence may have been the objectionable video circulated on social media by a Bajrang Dal member, Monu Manesar (Mohit Yadav). Monu was previously booked for the murder of two men in February whose charred bodies were recovered from the Bhiwani district.
Further, the rumours of Monu Manesar participating in the procession raised tensions.
However, Manesar told the media that he did not join the yatra after VHP advised him to abstain from the procession due to potential tensions. There were also threats on Twitter, challenging him to come to Nuh.
What followed the communal conflict?
Despite police intervention, the situation went out of control, and the conflict between the two groups continued for more than four hours. As the news of the conflict went viral, the unrest spread to Sohna and Gurugram, where mobs hurled stones and set fire to vehicles and shops, predominantly owned by Muslims.
In subsequent clashes on August 1st, a mosque was burnt down in sector 57, Gurugram, resulting in the death of its deputy imam, Mohammed Saad. Later the angry mob burned down several other shops, godowns, etc, in the violent hit-region. This upheaval forced thousands of Muslims to abandon their homes, despite police assurances of safety, reported Scroll.
Actions taken by the administration to curb violence
As a result of the violent clashes, the Haryana government suspended mobile internet services in Nuh, Gurugram and Faridabad until August 8 (Tuesday). Section 144 was also imposed by the government in Nuh and Gurugram and also ordered to shut down educational institutes to ensure the safety of the students.
Additional forces were also deployed by the state government to closely monitor the situation. Further, Haryana’s CM Manohar Lal Khattar has requested the central government to provide four additional security force teams to control the situation. As of now, 20 companies have already been deployed in different areas of the state.
FIR ‘s and demoliton drives
Meanwhile, the Haryana government bulldozed more than 250 migrant workers’ shanties on Thursday in the violence-plagued Nuh district’s Tauru town for allegedly intruding on government property. On Sunday, the authority razed several illegal structures in the violence-hit Nuh district including a hotel-cum-restaurant from where stones were allegedly pelted on a religious procession during the clashes.
As the situation remains critical, over 200 people have been arrested, 80 taken into preventive detention, and 103 FIRs have been registered so far.
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