Nuh Violence News Live: Police personnel outside Anjuman Mosque which was set ablaze in the Sector 57 area, in Gurgaon district, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. (PTI Photo)Haryana Nuh Violence Highlights, August 4: Nuh Superintendent of Police (SP) Varun Singla and Deputy Commissioner (DC) Prashant Panwar were transferred on Friday, according to official orders. According to one of the orders, Narendra Bijarniya, earlier holding the additional charge in Singla’s absence, will be the new SP of Nuh. And Singla, who was on leave when communal clashes broke out in the district on Monday, will now serve as the SP of Bhiwani. Panwar, who also served as the CEO of Mewat Development Agency, on the other hand, will be replaced by Dhirendra Khadgata. Panwar was transferred and posted as Special Secretary to Fisheries Department.
Meanwhile, a total of 202 people have been arrested so far and 80 have been taken into preventive detention in connection with the recent communal clashes in Haryana, state Home Minister Anil Vij said on Friday, news agency PTI reported. Vij also said that 102 FIRs have been registered in the case of violence so far. “I want to assure that anyone involved won’t be spared,” he told reporters in Ambala, adding that investigations are still on. Internet services remain suspended in Nuh, Faridabad and Palwal districts and in three sub-divisions of the Gurgaon district — Sohna, Pataudi and Manesar — till August 5.
In other news, senior Congress leader and former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Thursday demanded a probe by a high court judge into the BJP-JJP government’s “failure” to prevent the violence that started from Nuh in the state and claimed six lives. Addressing media at the AICC headquarters in national capital, Hooda accused the BJP-led state government of being a “complete failure” on all counts. Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner Prashant Panwar and SP Varun Singla have appealed to ulemas to offer Friday prayers from home in Nuh. They asked the religious leaders to encourage people to do the same.
Locals look at burnt items at a shop which was set ablaze by miscreants in a fresh case of communal violence after Monday's attack on a VHP procession in adjoining Nuh district, in Gurugram, Wednesday (PTI photo)
Nuh Superintendent of Police (SP) Varun Singla and Deputy Commissioner (DC) Prashant Panwar were transferred on Friday, according to official orders.
According to one of the orders, Narendra Bijarniya, earlier holding the additional charge in Singla’s absence, will be the new SP of Nuh. And Singla, who was on leave when communal clashes broke out in the district on Monday, will now serve as the SP of Bhiwani.
Panwar, who also served as the CEO of Mewat Development Agency, on the other hand, will be replaced by Dhirendra Khadgata. Panwar was transferred and posted as Special Secretary to Fisheries Department.
Congress MLA from Nuh, Aftab Ahmed, on Friday said that the violence in the district has forced Muslims from “30-40 villages" to migrate.
As the violence in Nuh, around a yatra organised by the Bajrang Dal and VHP, dies down, Ahmed, speaks to The Indian Express about the “provocative” actions and statements behind the incidents, the earlier appeals to the district administration, and the situation now.
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The passing of buck between Chief Ministers Ashok Gehlot (Rajasthan) and Manohar Lal Khattar (Haryana) over Mohit Yadav a.k.a Monu Manesar tells the story in a way about how the alleged cow vigilante has continued to escape police action despite being named in at least two FIRs across the two states, allowing him most recently to share a video that is believed to have been one of the provocations for the Nuh violence.
On Thursday, Gehlot accused the Haryana government of “non-cooperation” in the investigation into the February murders of Nasir and Junaid, Rajasthan residents who were allegedly killed by cow vigilantes and their bodies dumped in Haryana.
Monu Manesar was initially named as the prime accused in the case, but as he remained “absconding”, the investigation against him was kept “pending” when the chargesheet was filed.
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The Haryana administration on Friday removed illegal encroachments in Tauru of Nuh district.
The administration deployed police personnel and RAF to carry out the illegal encroachments. More than 200 shanties were bulldozed in Tauru. A government official said that these huts were built illegally on HSVP land for the last four years.
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij, according to news agency ANI, Friday said, "We are scanning every social media... We have made a special committee which includes the members from the IT Cell. It will scan the entire social media scene. During the scan, if it is revealed that someone has put out inciteful posts, then action will be taken." (ANI)
A total of 202 people have been arrested so far and 80 taken into preventive detention in connection with the recent communal clashes in Haryana, state Home Minister Anil Vij said on Friday, news agency PTI reported.
Vij, according to the news agency, also said 102 FIRs have been registered in connection with the clashes so far. "I want to assure that anyone involved won't be spared," he told reporters in Ambala.
Vij further said that those who have been detained are being questioned as per the law, and further action is being taken accordingly. Referring to the Friday namaz, the minister said he has spoken to the deputy commissioners of Nuh, Faridabad and Gurugram, and instructions have been given issued for adequate security arrangements, according to the report.
Vij also said though all arrangements of security are in place, some clerics have given a call to offer namaz at home, PTI reported.
On a cybercrime police station being targeted in Nuh, Vij said, "We have taken the incident very seriously." Investigations are underway to find out who attacked the police station and what records they wanted to destroy, the report stated. (PTI)
The Delhi Police Special Cell on Friday filed a chargesheet against six persons in connection with the Tillu Tajpuriya murder case.
Tillu was stabbed to death by four rival gangsters in a high-risk ward in Tihar jail, while prison guards reportedly stood by without intervening in the month of May this year.
Soon after a Delhi court granted an anticipatory bail to former Congress minister Jagdish Tytler in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots involving arson in a North Delhi gurdwara, members of the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Committee addressed the reporters, saying, "This day will be remembered as Black Day in the history of India. We will go to the High Court, we will ensure he is behind the bars, whatever it takes."
A Delhi court granted an anticipatory bail to former Congress minister Jagdish Tytler in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots involving arson in a North Delhi gurdwara.
Judge Vikas Dhull directed Tytler to furnish bail bonds worth Rs 1 lakh.
In May, the CBI filed a supplementary chargesheet against Tytler based on statements of new witnesses who claimed they saw him allegedly instigating the mob which had assembled at Azad Market’s Pul Bangash Gurdwara on November 1, 1984, following which it was burnt down and three persons were killed. The chargesheet alleged that Tytler “incited, instigated and provoked” the mob, after which he had moved an anticipatory bail plea at Rouse Avenue Court on August 1.
Along with Monu Manesar, an alleged cow vigilante, one name that has been constantly mentioned in the context of the Nuh violence is that of Congress MLA Mamman Khan.
On Thursday, the BJP accused the 56-year-old of instigating the violence with his “provocative” statements in the Haryana Assembly.
Known for his social activities across the southern Haryana region, Khan won on a Congress ticket in 2019 from the Firozepur Jhirka Assembly seat, getting 57.62% of the votes, over 32,000 more than the second-placed Naseem Ahmed of the BJP. It was Khan’s second election, after having lost in 2014 as an Independent to Ahmed, who had contested then on an INLD ticket, by 3,245 votes.
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Senior Congress leader and former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Thursday demanded a probe by a high court judge into the BJP-JJP government’s “failure” to prevent the violence that started from Nuh in the state and claimed six lives.
Addressing media at the AICC headquarters in national capital, Hooda accused the BJP-led state government of being a “complete failure” on all counts. Read more
The Delhi Police has lodged 26 FIRs in connection with the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal protests held across the national capital against the violence in Haryana’s Nuh, officials said.
Senior police officers said that the FIRs were lodged against unidentified persons as the protests were held without police permission.
The police are also identifying the people who took part in the protests through CCTV footage and legal action would be taken against them accordingly, a police officer said. Read more
Based on the analysis of the CCTV footage, further sections will be added to the FIR, the police said.(Express photo by Abhinav Saha)
Six people have been arrested by the Delhi Police in connection with the violence that broke out in Outer Delhi's Nangloi during a Muharram procession.
Six police personnel were hurt and as many volunteers, including five women, sustained minor injuries after violence broke out during a Muharram procession on July 29, officers said.
Police force has been deployed by the Gurgaon Police at all the mosques/eidgahs located in Gurgaon over the last four days.
"The news being circulated on some media/social media that people coming to offer weekly Friday prayers are being stopped by the police from going to Masjids/eidgahs is untrue. No one is being stopped by the police. Police force have been deployed at and around these places only for security," spokesperson Subhash Boken said.
"It is also worth mentioning here that Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind and other Muslim organisations have called upon people to offer Namaz from their homes," he added.
Faridabad police filed an FIR Friday against Bajrang Dal member Bittu Bajrangi under section 295A of IPC in connection with the Nuh violence.
The case was registered based on a video he had uploaded on the morning of July 31. He was arrested and later released on bail, said Dabua SHO.
Three motorcycles were set on fire on Thursday night in Pataudi area here, police said.
The motorcycles were parked outside Rashid Auto Works near Chungi no. 4 while a mechanic was sleeping inside the shop. Firefighters doused the flames and rescued the mechanic, police said.
Sporadic incidents of arson have been reported from Pataudi since Monday after violence broke out in the adjoining Nuh district over an attempt to stop a Vishva Hindu Parishad procession. (PTI)
Some unidentified people allegedly vandalised a shop in Haryana's Panipat which was located near the house of a man killed in the Nuh communal clashes, police said on Friday.
The miscreants targeted the shop selling chicken on Thursday evening and also damaged two vehicles parked nearby.
The shop was located close to the house of one of the civilians who died in the Nuh incident. Police have been deployed in the area, an official said. Some local residents told reporters that there was harmony and brotherhood among the people living in the area and the act was carried out by some miscreants trying to vitiate the "peaceful" atmosphere. (PTI)
The Revolutionary Marxist Party of India (RMPI) has condemned the communal conflagration in Haryana’s Nuh and Gurugram areas.
In a statement issued from the party’s Jalandhar office, RMPI general secretary Comrade Mangat Ram Pasla on Wednesday said this wave of communal violence has spread from Nuh to Gurugram and, if not curbed with responsibility and righteous intent, it may escalate and affect not only Haryana but also various other regions in northern India. Read more
The Delhi High Court has allowed the application for modification moved by Tihar Jail authorities of its May 29 order calling for the physical production of separatist leader Yasin Malik in the HC, in NIA’s plea seeking a death sentence for Malik. NIA has challenged a trial court order that had handed Malik a life sentence in a 2016 terror funding case.
A division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Anish Dayal said that the May 29 order be “necessarily modified” and directed jail authorities Tihar Jail to produce Malik via video conferencing “alone” on August 9 and “not in person”.
Supreme Court adjourned Friday hearing on the bail plea of AAP leader and former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia till September, in connection with the liquor policy irregularities case.
The court granted more time to Enforcement Directorate to file a reply on Sisodia's bail plea.
A Delhi court Monday had issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a plea filed by AAP leader Manish Sisodia where he sought permission to withdraw money from a bank account — which was seized by the agency in connection with its probe into the Delhi excise policy — for his wife’s medical expenses among other reasons.
Gurugram district and city consist of at least four different and distinct localities. First, there is the “new” Gurugram of gated residential enclaves, shopping malls and commercial precincts that have been privately developed since the early 1980s by large real estate companies. Second, there are older, government planned areas established by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA). Third, there are localities that are home to a variety of migrant labour that work in factories, homes, shops and fields in a rapidly transforming economic and social landscape. Finally, there is the Gurugram of villages-in-the-city: Rural localities where traditional landowners have recently become enriched through land sales to private and government entities.
Irrespective of the multiple Gurugrams, what is clear is that over the last three decades or so, an area of petty farming, poor irrigation, large chunks of arid lands and medieval era land-holding patterns finds itself in a maelstrom of globally financed urbanisation. It is now a spectacular landscape of constant mobility and transformation. White collar professionals move in and out of gated communities, satellite technologies convert medieval era mussavi (cloth) land maps into GIS ones, poor populations from different parts of India arrive for service sector jobs and there is extraordinary movement of goods and commodities across many landscapes of aspiration and desire.
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A total of 55 FIRs, including 10 for spreading misinformation on social media, have been registered in the violence so far in Nuh, and 141 people have been arrested.
Slums in Tauru were razed by the Nuh district administration on Thursday. "These slums were encroaching on the government land," DC Prashant Panwar said.
While no fresh incidents of violence was reported from Haryana’s Nuh town on Thursday and the authorities claimed the situation is returning to normal, police are probing two cases of fire incidents at different mosques in the district’s Tarau area reported on Wednesday.
The curfew will be relaxed in Nuh today (Friday) from 12 noon to 3 pm. As per sources, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar is also scheduled to chair a cabinet meeting today in Chandigarh.
On Thursday, amid heavy police deployment, Nuh wore a deserted look — its shops closed and people remaining indoors. Although curfew was lifted from 9 am to 1 pm and internet was restored for a few hours in the afternoon, a sense of normalcy had not returned.
Police personnel continue to remain deployed in parts of Gurugram in the aftermath of violence that broke out earlier this week.
The communal flare-ups in Haryana have claimed at least six lives. Of the six dead in the violence, two were home guards, Neeraj and Gursevak; Saad Mohammad, naib imam of the Guegaon mosque; a man identified as Abhishek from Panipat who joined Monday’s rally; and Shakti, owner of a store in Nuh, whose body, police said, was found Tuesday morning; Pradeep Sharma, who on Wednesday succumbed to the injuries he sustained during clashes in Nuh.
Nuh Superintendent of Police (SP) Varun Singla has been transferred to Bhiwani. IPS Narendra Bijarniya has been appointed as the new SP of Nuh.
Security has been deployed outside Jama Masjid, Sadar Bazar in Haryana's Gurgaon ahead of Friday prayers.
Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner Prashant Panwar and SP Varun Singla have appealed to ulemas to offer Friday prayers from home in Nuh. They asked the religious leaders to encourage people to do the same.
Two brothers were assaulted allegedly by a group of 25-30 men in Gurgaon’s Palda Dhani Wednesday, police said.
According to police, Rustam and Nisar Ali were targeted by the group and asked to leave their house in Sector 70. The brothers work as cleaners in a residential society.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Nisar, who hails from West Bengal, claimed, “On Wednesday night, 25-30 men beat us up with a belt. The day before, some men had come to our area and asked us to leave in a day. They told me I can’t live there and asked me to go back to my village. They came after the violence in Nuh and were from one community.” Read more
Scores of migrant workers in Haryana's Nuh are either returning home out of fear or fleeing to neighbouring Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in search of work in the wake of communal violence in the district which has claimed six lives.
Forced to stay indoors for the last few days in view of the prevailing situation and the curfew, the workers and their families, including children, said they have been surviving on crumbs.
Sartaj, a migrant worker who moved to Nuh about a month ago due to floods in his home town in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya, said he too wants to go back home but does not have money either to return or provide food for his family. "I had a food cart that got washed away in the floods in Auraiya. I moved to Nuh and set up a cart here and things were returning to normal when the violence occurred here. Now, I am back to square one," Sartaj told PTI.
"I wish to go back home, but I don't have the money to travel," he said with tears in his eyes. A father of four, Sartaj said his family has been starving since Tuesday as the entire town was shut after the clashes.
Deputy Commissioner Prashant Panwar and SP Varun Singla appealed to ulemas to offer Friday prayers from home in Nuh. They asked the religious leaders to encourage people to do the same.
Police have arrested 25 accused for the murder of Panipat resident Abhishek. Further, 19 people have been sent to 14-day judicial custody in connection with the Nuh violence.
ACS (Home) TVSN Prasad said 176 people have been arrested and 78 taken into preventive detention since Monday when clashes erupted. Further, 93 FIRs have been registered in five districts, including 46 in Nuh, 23 in Gurugram and 18 in Palwal. Prasad added that an IRB battalion has been deployed in Nuh, while a RAF Centre will soon be established in Mewat.
Prominent Muslim organisation Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (Arshad Madani faction) called for a high-level investigation into the Maharashtra train killings and the Haryana violence, demanding that those found guilty be punished without discrimination.
In a statement, Jamiat chief Maulana Arshad Madani expressed deep sorrow over the "brutal killing of three innocent Muslim passengers and a policeman" by a Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable in a moving train and the communal violence in Haryana's Nuh district.
Madani alleged the violence in Nuh was a "planned conspiracy". He claimed there are political motives behind what is happening in Nuh. "Religious extremism is being fuelled by hatred to win the 2024 parliamentary elections," he alleged. (PTI)
The BJP on Thursday raised questions on the Congress' role in the communal violence in Haryana, saying the clashes that took place between the two communities were "part of a larger conspiracy" and the truth will come out during the investigation.
Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters here, BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said Congress MLA Mamman Khan's “provocative statement” on the floor of the Haryana Legislative Assembly and his social media posts raise suspicion about the party's role in the violence.
Communal violence broke out in Nuh district on Monday as a mob tried to stop a Vishva Hindu Parishad procession by pelting stones and setting cars on fire. The violence spilled over into neighbouring Gurugram on Tuesday with mobs killing a Muslim cleric, torching an eatery, and vandalising shops.
So far, six people have died, 116 arrested and 90 detained, according to the Haryana government.
“Congress MLA Mamman Khan had given a provocative statement on the floor of the Haryana Assembly. His social media post and video were tantamount to inciting violence. This raises deep suspicion,” the BJP spokesperson told the press conference.
The violence that took place in Haryana was “part of a larger conspiracy” and the truth will come out during the investigation of the case, he said.
“Mamman Khan's provocative statement, his video and social media post raise a big question mark on the (role of) the Congress,” Trivedi charged. (PTI)
Internet services will be restored in Nuh, Faridabad, Palwal and territorial jurisdiction of Suh Division Sohna, Pataudi and Manesar of district Gurgaon from 1 pm to 4 pm to facilitate candidates of CET to download admit cards, additional chief secretary to Haryana Government, home department stated.
"As per the recommendation of ADGP/CID, in order to facilitate prospective candidates of CET/Screening test (Group C posts) to download admit cards and to exercise other necessary related tasks, the above orders are hereby partially withdrawn/relaxed only for today i.e. 03.08.2023 from 13:00 hrs to 16:00 hrs in respect of districts Nuh, Faridabad, Palwal and territorial jurisdiction of Suh Division Sohna, Pataudi and Manesar of district Gurugram. All services be restored accordingly for the said period only," the order said.
The curfew in Nuh has been temporarily lifted between 10 am and 1 pm today.
A day after communal clashes broke out in Nuh, Gurgaon and other parts of Haryana, a mosque in Sohna was allegedly vandalised by a mob of 70-100 men. However, the mosque’s Imam, his family and a group of 10-12 children studying at the madarsa inside escaped unhurt as members of Sikh community intervened and conducted a rescue operation amid the clashes, locals said.
The mosque, known as Shahi Masjid, houses rooms for a few families and classrooms for children.
A mob allegedly attacked the mosque on Tuesday. Police said an FIR has been registered against unknown persons. Action was taken when locals informed them about the incident, said the police.
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Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda Wednesday said the violence in Nuh and other places in Haryana was the result of the alleged “failure” of the BJP-JJP government, asserting that it did not take timely action to prevent the disturbance to law and order.
“Information emerging regarding the events at Nuh are very disturbing. The government itself is admitting that conditions of conflict were simmering. But despite the government having all the information, it did not take timely steps,” Hooda, who is the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, said.
Hooda’s assertion came even as Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and at least two of his Cabinet colleagues hinted at a well planed conspiracy behind the violence that has so far claimed six lives, including two Home Guard jawans and four civilians.
The former chief minister further said, “Mewat region is known for brotherhood across the country. Even during the partition of the country, there was no conflict of any kind in Mewat. But the inaction of the BJP-JJP government has created a situation that today the entire state is in pain”.
Two incidents of fire have been reported at two mosques in ward no 13 in Tauru, Nuh.
SP Varun Singla said one of them was caused due to electricity, and the second one was reported close by. "We are checking the cause of fire and police have been deployed in both mosques," he added.
aryana’s Home Minister Anil Vij Wednesday issued directions to constitute a three-member committee, which will scan the posts on social media, including Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp, to check for inflammatory messages, videos, pictures or any sort of hate speech in the run up to the violence that erupted in Nuh.
“Social media posts also played a big role in Nuh’s violence. This committee will scan various social media platforms from July 21 onwards and all those found circulating objectionable posts shall be dealt with as per law,” said Vij.
The Home Minister again urged people not to circulate any inflammatory message on any social media platform. “They should neither post it, nor forward it or help it spread in any format, failing which stern legal action shall be taken,” Vij added.
PTI is reporting that Molotov cocktails were thrown at two mosques in Haryana's Nuh on Wednesday night.
Calling for calm, the United States Wednesday urged parties involved in clashes in Haryana to refrain from violent actions and said that no American has been affected in the fighting.
US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller made the statement during a routine press briefing on August 2. When asked to comment on the “Hindu-Muslim clashes in the region”, Miller said: “I would say – with respect to the clashes that obviously we would, as always, urge calm and urge parties to refrain from violent actions.”
He added that he was not aware if any US citizens have been impacted by the clashes, adding that he will follow up with the embassy on the issue.
THOSE INVOLVED in the violence and arson in Nuh and nearby areas will be made to pay for the damage they have caused, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Wednesday, reiterating that all measures were being taken to restore law and order in the state.
Speaking at a press conference in Chandigarh, Khattar said, “The losses will be assessed and people shall be compensated accordingly. There is already an Act in Haryana as per which rioters will have to pay for the losses caused to the government and the people. In the Nuh case also, all those accused found guilty of the damage shall be made to pay for the losses.”
The Chief Minister said the state government, too, shall also compensate the people. “People can fill forms on the state government’s Kshatipurti portal, stating the losses they have suffered. All movable and immovable property losses will be assessed and on the basis of that compensation will be announced. The portal shall remain open till August 18,” he said.
Three days after the Haryana clashes, police said that Gurgaon remained peaceful except for three minor incidents of arson and vandalism in Sohna, Pataudi and Basai. A total of 18 cases have been registered in Gurgaon following the conflict that killed six people and injured over 50. Police said that more than 50 accused have been arrested so far.
Meanwhile, mobile internet services will remain suspended in Nuh, Faridabad and Palwal districts and in three sub-divisions of the Gurgaon district — Sohna, Pataudi and Manesar — till August 5. Meanwhile, state home minister Anil Vij said that social media played a significant role in fuelling the violence in Nuh and that a three-member committee has been tasked with monitoring social media activities from July 21.