Haryana Violence Updates:
Less than 20 kilometers from the national capital, New Delhi, in Gurugram, sector 70, there are still repercussions from the communal clash that occurred on Monday in Nuh, Haryana. On Tuesday night, many shanties and shops close to a housing complex were set on fire.
Here are 10 details about this significant event:
- Gurugram implemented prohibitions following the random incidents of violence on Tuesday. A further measure to lower the risk of arson is the prohibition on the selling of unrefined gasoline and diesel.
- “There have been some incidents of arson and skirmishes today,” the Gurugram Police said in reference to the city’s unrest. However, no significant incident has occurred.
- Police likewise cautioned the public against taking rumors and information from social media seriously. “The claims that today’s workstations, schools, and universities will be closed are untrue and are being spread on social media. Varun Kumar Dahiya, Assistant Commissioner of Police for Gurgaon, reports that all traffic is moving as usual with no restrictions.
- A few global companies, including American Express and KPMG, have encouraged employees to work from home these days.
- Following what many claim to be an inappropriate video that went viral, violence broke out on Monday during a religious procession in Nuh, which is only 50 kilometers from Delhi. The 2,500 plus attendees raced into a shrine to seek safety as a crowd attacked the procession with stones.
- As the evening wore on, the violence worsened; after midnight, a mosque was set on fire, and more than a hundred vehicles were vandalized and destroyed in Nuh and the nearby city of Gurugram.
- Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced that there had been six deaths in the fighting in the Haryana district of Nuh and reaffirmed his call for everyone to keep the peace. 116 persons have been detained overall, according to the chief minister, in relation to the violence that occurred in Nuh on Monday.
- Other Haryana districts have also reported clashes. Rioting was seen in Badshahpur, which is 50 kilometers from Nuh. Approximately 200 people in a crowd, armed with sticks and stones, entered the area at 3 p.m., according to witnesses. They set fire to a restaurant while chanting religious chants and vandalized several stores, including several butcher businesses.
- Today will not see the opening of Sohna’s schools or colleges, which is adjacent to Gurugram.
- Delhi has also issued an alert, with police stepping up patrols and employing drones to keep an eye on key places. According to a Delhi Police officer, the police is ready to handle any crisis that can develop in the nation’s capital as a result of such incidences in nearby locations.
