Delhi on High Alert as Gurugram Violence Spreads to NCR
The situation remained tense in Haryana after clashes erupted during a Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) procession in Nuh district, which claimed over five lives and left over 50 injured. Fresh violence was witnessed in Gurugram as several meat shops, scrap shops and furniture repairing shops were attacked at Pataudi Chowk in Khandsa Road, while multiple shanties were set on fire in Sector-70 on Tuesday. However, the fire officials claimed that no casualties were reported in any of the incidents.
Earlier, at least four eateries and scrap shops were set ablaze by a group of people in the Badshahpur area. More than 200 men in different vehicles carrying petrol bottles set them on fire. Communal violence also spilled to Palwal and over 25-30 shanties were torched. In Gurugram’s Sector 57 area, a 26-year-old man was killed and a religious place set ablaze as the violence spread from neighbouring Nuh district, the police said.
The Gurgaon administration suspended internet services in Sohna, Manesar and Pataudi till further orders, and issued another directive, asking all schools to remain closed for physical classes till August 2. Many office-goers opted to work from home after their workplaces sent out advisories not to travel.
How violence spread from Nuh to Gurugram
1. A communal clash broke out on Monday evening in Haryana’s Nuh after a Hindu procession was attacked after a video was posted on social media. Rumours spread that cow vigilante Monu Manesar would be participating in the march.
2. Dinesh Bharti, who heads right-wing Jai Bharat Mata Vahini, has been booked for allegedly posting the video on social media a video inciting communal violence. Monu Manesar did not attend the rally.
3. Stones were pelted and cars were set on fire in Nuh on Monday. The violence spread to Sohna as well on Monday.
4. Section 144 was imposed in Nuh and Gurugram districts. Mobile internet services were suspended in Nuh and Faridabad.
5. Gurugram schools and colleges were closed on Tuesday. Except for those in Sohna, educational institutes are likely to open in Wednesday.
6. Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar said the violence was a well-thought out conspiracy perpetrated by the anti-social elements.
7. List of violence-hit areas in Gurugram: Badshahpur which is on the Gurugram-Sohna road, Pataudi Chowk, Sector 67, Sector 70, Sector 57.
8. In Gurugram’s Sector 57, the Anjuman Masjid came under attack past Monday midnight where the mob opened fire without sparing the policemen as well.
9. On Tuesday afternoon, people shouting Jai Shri Ram slogans set fire to a roadside eatery in Gurugram’s Badshahpur. Some shops in the market nearby were also vandalised, police said.
10. The Nuh-Sohna-Gurugram violence has killed five people so far. Four people, including two home guards, died in Nuh, where mobs attacked the VHP-led Hindu procession. A naib imam was killed at a mosque in Gurugram.
