Gurugram: Section 144 Lifted As Normalcy Returns After Days Of Communal Clashes

Section 144 was imposed in the city after communal clashes that began in the neighbouring Nuh district spread to parts of Gurugram last week.

Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel deployed at Badshahpur after incidents of violence were reported in Gurugram.

New Delhi: The Gurugram District administration on Monday lifted section 144, which was imposed on July 31 in view of the violence in neighbouring Nuh, in the city with immediate effect. Citing that normalcy has returned in Gurugram district, the District collector issued the section 144 removal order. 

However, it advised citizens to continue to exercise caution and report any suspicious activities to the authorities immediately. 

"After a careful assessment of the current situation and based on the reports received from various agencies, it has been observed that normalcy had returned to District Gurugram and there is no need to continue with the restrictions imposed under section 144 of the CrPC," the District Magistrate Office said in a statement.

Section 144 was imposed in the city after communal clashes that began in the neighbouring Nuh district spread to parts of Gurugram last week.

Meanwhile, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday halted the demolition drive in Haryana's Nuh where district authorities were demolishing 'illegal' constructed buildings, reported news agency PTI.

The order came hours after a religious place at a village in Gurugram was set on fire by unidentified people.

According to a complaint filed by the caretaker, "Around 1.30 am, I received a phone call from someone living in the vicinity that the place had been set afire by unidentified people," he said in a complaint filed at the Sector 37 police station, according to PTI.

He said the fire was brought under control with the help of people.

As per the agency, the FIR has been registered against unidentified people under Sections 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention), 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups), 188 (disobedience of an order duly promulgated by a public servant) and 436 (mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house) of the IPC, police said.