- Sunday, February 23, 2025
Trouble started when a procession held by the Hindu right-wing Vishwa Hindu Parishad was stopped by a group of men on a national highway and the rally was targeted with stones, reports said.
By: Shubham Ghosh
MORE than 2,000 people, including women and children, took shelter at a temple near Gurugram in the northern Indian state of Haryana on Monday (31) after a massive violence broke out on the streets. Two persons were reportedly killed in the incident.
Stones were being pelted and vehicles were set on fire during the clashes that reportedly started during a religious procession in Nuh near Gurugram. Police vehicles were also damaged. The car of a local journalist was set on fire.
Vehicles burnt, stones thrown during Hindu group's yatra in Haryana by the so-called “peacefuls”. Don’t know how they are always ready with stones and weapons.
#Mewat #Haryana pic.twitter.com/XVLmMNxfqP
— Neha Beniwal (@nehabeniwal_) July 31, 2023
According to a report by NDTV, trouble started when the procession held by the Hindu right-wing Vishwa Hindu Parishad was stopped by a group of men on the Gurugram-Alwar national highway and the rally was targeted with stones.
Police used teargas and fired shots in the air to disperse the mob and called for reinforcements. According to them, around 20 people were injured.
Internet services were suspended and prohibitory orders were issued banning large gatherings.
Haryana’s home minister Anil Vij said security personnel were also being brought in from adjacent districts to tackle the situation, Times of India reported. He added that the state government spoke to the central authorities and that they assured to airdrop three companies of forces in the area.
Haryana is ruled by prime minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.
The people who took shelter in a temple were part of the religious procession. They parked their vehicles outside.
The mood in the area reportedly turned grim recently over an objectionable video posted on social media by an activist of the Bajrang Dal, also a Hindu nationalist body.
According to sources, a Bajrang Dal member and a cow vigilante and his associates, suspected in a number of criminal cases, had circulated the video and openly challenged that he would stay in the Muslim-majority former Mewat district (now Nuh district) during the procession. Many claimed that they were seen during the procession and the local people retaliated.
