1 Dead, Cops Injured As 2 Groups Clash During Religious Procession In Haryana's Nuh. Internet Suspended

Haryana News: A clash erupted between two groups in Nuh after stones were pelted during a religious procession and cars were set on fire. Police said that the situation in the area is stable now.

Police conduct a flag march in Nuh following stone-pelting and arson in the area during a religious procession on Monday.

Mobile internet and messaging services were suspended in Haryana's Nuh where a clash erupted between two groups after stones were pelted during a religious procession and cars were set on fire earlier in the day. Police lobbed teargas shells to disperse crowds and called for reinforcements from other areas as the two sides pelted stones at each other, news agency PTI reported. A home guard was shot dead while about a dozen policemen were injured in the incident, police said, as per PTI's report. 

Earlier in the day, Vishva Hindu Parishad's Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra was stopped by a group of young men near Khedla Mod in Nuh and stones were thrown at the procession, the police said, as per PTI's report. People in the procession allegedly hurled stones back at the youths who had stopped them.

At least four cars that were part of the procession were set on fire. Some police vehicles were also damaged, as per the report.

VIDEO | Several vehicles torched in Haryana's Mewat after clashes broke out between two groups, earlier today. pic.twitter.com/w1ip3mWpFW

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) July 31, 2023

NDTV reported that around 2,500 men, women, and children took shelter at the Nulhar Mahadev temple as the violence erupted. 

Mobile internet and SMS services have been suspended till August 2 (Wednesday) to contain the intense communal tension, the Haryana government stated.

Source: ANI

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij said that adequate force is being deployed at the spot. "We've also spoken to the Centre, three companies will be sent to rescue people. Internet services will be suspended so that people don't spread rumours. We are trying to restore peace at the earlier. I appeal to everyone to restore peace," he said, as quoted by news agency ANI.

All those who are stranded in different areas of Mewat region are being rescued, he added.

A video of the flag march surfaced on social media.

#WATCH | Haryana: Police conduct a flag march in Nuh after a clash erupted between two groups in the area. pic.twitter.com/7I4cqRw9V4

— ANI (@ANI) July 31, 2023

Nuh Deputy Commissioner has called a meeting of both parties today at 8:30 pm, ANI reported.

The yatra was flagged off from Gurugram’s Civil Lines by BJP district president Gargi Kakkar earlier and a police contingent was deployed with the procession.

Some people were injured in the incident but police said they didn't have the number as to how many were hurt.

As per PTI, it was claimed that the trigger for the clash was an objectionable video posted on social media by a Bajrang Dal activist in Ballabhgarh. It cited reports stating that Monu Manesar, a cow vigilante wanted in the murder of two Muslim men in Rajasthan, was supposed to join the procession. 

“The situation in the area is stable," Nuh SHO Hukam Singh said later, as quoted by the agency.

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