According to Haryana Police, the violent clashes erupted after 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
Haryana saw violent clashes erupt between two groups in Mewat Nuh. Videos of the clashes have emerged. Police have been deployed after reports of violent clashes broke out in Haryana’s Mewat Nuh, near Gurugram.
According to Haryana Police, the violent clashes erupted after 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. Some police vehicles were also damaged.
The Haryana Police have informed PTI that stones were pelted and cars set on fire during a religious procession in Haryana’s Nuh adjoining Gurugram on Monday.
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Police lobbed teargas shells to disperse crowds. Tension gripped the area and prohibitory orders banning assembly of people were clamped in the entire district.
Mobile internet services were suspended till Wednesday to contain the “intense communal tension”, the Haryana government said.
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij said the government has despatched additional forces from neighbouring districts. “We are also trying to send forces by helicopter,” he told news agency PTI.
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 PTI, 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 news agency PTI. Vij said that he also spoke to the director general of police, additional chief secretary, and other senior officials.
