Nuh violence highlights: Mobile internet, SMS service in parts of Haryana to remain suspended till August 5

Haryana Government has decided to immediately shift the Battalion Headquarters of 2nd IRB from Police Complex, Bhondsi to district Nuh to meet imminent operational exigencies of maintaining law and order: Haryana Govt, reported ANI. 

The Haryana government on Wednesday said mobile internet and SMS services in Nuh and some other places in the state will remain suspended till August 5 to prevent any disturbance to peace and public order in the wake of the communal clashes.

Besides Nuh, the services will remain snapped in Faridabad, Palwal and the territorial jurisdiction of sub-division Sohna, Pataudi and Manesar of Gurugram district.

The government had ordered the suspension of mobile internet and SMS services in Nuh district from 4 pm on Monday and later imposed the restrictions in some other parts too till August 2 in view of the "intense communal tension" and disturbance of public peace.

Activists of Bajrang Dal on Wednesday staged a protest against Haryana communal violence in Nagpur city of Maharashtra and blamed Pakistan for fomenting the unrest.

Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Govind Shende alleged the annual Shobha Yatra of Bajrang Dal was attacked by members of a minority community in Nuh in Haryana.

He claimed Pakistan was instigating violence by providing arms to the people.

"This is the intelligence failure of the Haryana government," Shende alleged.

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"A three-member committee has been formed to scan all social media platforms from 21-31 July and check for posts that could have incited the people," Haryana home minister Anil Vij said.

Saharanpur, Shamli and Muzaffarnagar districts of Uttar Pradesh bordering Haryana have been sounded an alert. Cops in plainclothes have been deployed in these regions.

“Haryana govt took action over the incident in Mewat. Paramilitary was deployed, and a permanent battalion of IRB is also stationed there. The situation is under control today. Peace meetings have been held, and I believe that all of us should do our duty to maintain peace. More than 40 FIRs have been registered; over 100 people were taken into police custody, and more than 90 people have even been arrested. The government is taking stringent action against those who indulged in vandalism and spreading violence,” deputy CM Dushyant Chautala said.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Wednesday said the Rajasthan Police is free to act against Bajrang Dal member Monu Manesar, booked in the February killing of two Muslim men and accused by some to be a trigger for the Nuh violence.

Khattar reminded that the last case against Manesar, a cow vigilante, was lodged by the Rajasthan Police.

At a press conference in Chandigarh, the chief minister while fielding questions on the communal violence in Nuh and Gurguram said, “The Rajasthan Police was looking for Monu Manesar. We do not have any input where he is now. The Rajasthan Police is free to act against him."

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Mobile internet services will remain suspended in four tehsils of Rajasthan's Bharatpur district till Thursday morning in view of the violence in Haryana's Nuh district, officials said.

Prohibitory orders were imposed in two areas of Bharatpur and 10 areas of Alwar district in Rajasthan, they said. Both Alwar and Bharatpur share border with Nuh district in Haryana where communal violence erupted on Monday.

Bharatpur District Collector Lok Bandhu said mobile internet services have been suspended till 6 am on Thursday in Sikri, Pahadi, Kaman, Nagar in Bharatpur. On the other hand, prohibitory orders have been imposed in Kaman and Pahadi, banning any kind of procession or rally in these areas.

He said security force has been deployed at the Bhatarpur-Haryana border where every vehicle is being checked. (PTI)

"All the officers of the district have been told to do intelligence collection and second, to keep enough reserves in strategic places. Also, all the communally sensitive pockets need to be patrolled effectively... There are some religious events around the corner in Mathura and Ayodhya that are asked to be monitored properly," Prashant Kumar, special DG, law and order, UP Police said.

Nearly five years after the Centre approved a new battalion of the CRPF's anti-riot unit RAF to be based in Nuh, the Haryana government finally sanctioned land for it at a time the district witnessed communal clashes, official sources said on Wednesday.

The sanction to hand over the plot of about 50 acres in Indri village of Nuh to the Rapid Action Force (RAF) came earlier this week, the sources told PTI, adding the land was earmarked but a final declaration on its use by the force was awaited for more than a year.

All the arrested accused in connection with the violence that broke out in Haryana’s Nuh district, have been arrested on the basis of the investigation, said the Superintendent of Police (SP), Varun Singla on Wednesday.

While briefing the media about the details of the investigation, Singla said that a total of 41 FIRs have been lodged till now.

"Total 41 FIRs have been lodged till now and 116 people have been arrested on the basis of the investigation. We will apply for the police remand of the accused and the process is underway for the proper investigation of the matter,” Singla told the reporters.

National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday expressed sadness over Haryana's Nuh incident, and said that whatever happened there was heartbreaking.

"Whatever happened in Nuh is heartbreaking. Fighting over religion is not good for India. India is everyone's country, every religion here has the right to grow," said National Conference (NC) President Farooq Abdullah.

On Monday, in Nuh district of Haryana, a clash between two groups during a procession resulted in 6 fatalities.

UP Congress Committee president Brijlal Khabri on Wednesday said violence in Manipur and Haryana's Nuh was a conspiracy to influence the Lok Sabha elections scheduled early next year, as he urged people to understand Congress' importance in protecting the Constitution and the nation against the "danger" they were in.

"We have said this before and are saying it again that all this is somewhere a conspiracy to influence 2024 and it will go on increasing. To stop this, it is necessary to save the Constitution, for which the Congress party has once again come out," Khabri told reporters when asked about the recent developments in Manipur and Nuh.

An alert has been sounded in Saharanpur, Shamli and Muzaffarnagar districts of Uttar Pradesh bordering Haryana in the wake of communal violence in the neighbouring state, a senior police official said on Wednesday.

Checking is also being conducted in areas along the Haryana-Uttar Pradesh border to keep an eye on anarchic elements, Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Saharanpur Range, Ajay Kumar Sahni told PTI.

Mobs killed a cleric, torched an eatery and vandalised shops as communal violence that began in Haryana's Nuh spilled over into neighbouring Gurugram on Tuesday. People also blocked a road and downed shutters over the attack on a Vishva Hindu Parishad procession in Nuh a day earlier.

Amid tight security by the Delhi Police, the VHP and Bajrang Dal on Wednesday staged demonstrations in several parts of the national capital against violence in Haryana.

Carrying saffron-coloured flags and chanting slogans of 'Jai Shri Ram', 'Har Har Mahadev', and 'Vande Mataram', protesters blocked the road at Badarpur border.

The protesters' sit-in on the border caused a long jam, hampering the movement of traffic from Faridabad to Delhi.

The Delhi Police has beefed up security in the city and is maintaining a tight vigil using even drones to monitor several protests taking place and other movements.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to ensure that there is no hate speech against any community and there is no violence or damage to any properties in any protest rallies being organised in the national capital.

The top court did not put any stay on rallies organised by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP). A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti passed the direction while hearing an intervening application filed in the matter. The protest rallies are being organised by VHP in the wake of Nuh violence.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday sought four more companies of central forces in the wake of communal clashes in the state and said one battalion of the IRB will also be deployed in Nuh.

Twenty companies of central forces are already deployed in Haryana, 14 of them in Nuh, three in Palwal, two in Gurugram and one in Faridabad, he told a press conference.

The chief minister asserted that those found responsible for the clashes will not be spared.

“Conspirators and hooligans should not be spared. A few people there have suffered losses in the riots. Rioters should be made to compensate for the losses. Action should definitely be taken otherwise such rioters will get emboldened. The rioters come from outside and incite youths, their parents should also get to know. Such rioters should get no place in the country and an Uttar Pradesh-like formula should be used -- their houses should be checked whether they are eligible to live there or not,” BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri said on Wednesday.

Congress MP Randeep Surjewala on Wednesday questioned the Haryana government’s actions during the violent clashes in Gurugram, Nuh, and Sohna and accused the government of malice.

While talking to ANI, Congress MP Randeep Surjewala said, "What was the government doing when these violent clashes broke out in Gurugram, Nuh, and Sohna? The real conspirators are sitting within the government in Haryana.”

"We have passed an Act wherein it provides that for any loss Government issues compensation for the loss to Public property but as far as Private property is concerned, those who caused the loss are liable to compensate for it. So, we will provide for loss to public property and for the private property we will say that compensation be collected from those who are liable for it..." said CM Khattar speaking on the violence in Nuh district of Haryana.

“20 paramilitary forces have been deployed so that no unlawful activity takes place in the state...Six people's death has been reported out of which two are police personnel and four civillians. 116 people have been arrested. 90 others have been detained & after questioning action will be taken. Whoever is involved in this will not be spared & action will be taken...Indian Reserve Battalion will also be deployed in Nuh,” Haryana CM Khattar

Nuh Deputy Commissioner Prashant Panwar says, "We will review the situation and then will decide on reopening of schools and colleges in the area. Internet facility will be also started again after reviewing the situation in the area. 14 forces of paramilitary and almost 20 companies of Haryana Police are deployed here. Today we will give relaxation between 3-5 pm in all the areas where curfew is imposed. We will review this relaxation time."

The Vishva Hindu Parishad carried out a demonstration in Noida on Wednesday against the communal violence in Haryana and demand monetary aid to the kin of two members of its youth wing Bajrang Dal, who it claimed died in the clash.

The Hindu-right group carried out its demonstration despite the imposition of CrPC Section 144, which prohibits unlawful assembly of more than four people, in the city in Gautam Buddh Nagar district, where security has been stepped up in view of the clashes in the neighbouring state.