On Tuesday, violence erupted in Gurugram’s Badshahpur, only after a day of communal clashes in Haryana’s Nuh. Fourteen shops were vandalised in the main market as nearly 200 men on motorbikes and SUVs targeted outlets, mostly selling biryani, and other food stalls. In Sector 66, seven stores were set on fire.
According to sources, the mob ransacked shops belonging to a particular community and chanted ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in front of a mosque in Badshahpur. The Badshahpur market was also shut down,
On Monday, a mob of roughly 45 people fired at a mosque in Gurugram’s sector 57 and later set it on fire. As per the police, one person died in the incident and three were injured, with one of them being critical.
On Tuesday, Nishant Yadav, the Gurugram deputy commissioner said that the situation is ‘peaceful’. He said, “Law and order is normal. There were some spill-over impacts in Sohna of whatever happened in Nuh yesterday, however, situation was brought under control by evening. We have conducted flag march as well…in Gurugram one death reported in Sector 57 mosque, 5 vehicles were torched in Sohna and 2-3 shops have been vandalised.”
Section 144 CrPC was imposed by the Haryana government on Monday in Gurugram and Nuh. Late on Monday night, it was ordered to all educational institutions in Gurugram, Faridabad and Palwal to remain closed on Tuesday in lieu of the violence.
Clashes broke out in Nuh on Monday afternoon after a Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) procession passing through the district was attacked. The attack left at least two home guards dead and dozens injured, including policemen.
On Tuesday, Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, after chairing a high-level meeting to discuss the prevailing situation said that there seems to be a larger conspiracy at play to disturb the law-and-order situation in the state.
