Anurag Kumar
Anil Vij, the state’s home minister, told reporters on Wednesday that the Haryana government has formed a three-member committee to examine all social media platforms for posts from July 21 to 31 and beyond that may have incited communal violence in the state’s Nuh district.
The state minister asserted that social media played a crucial role in the violence and added that those who have posted anything provocative will face legal action. “I implore individuals not to post anything (on social media). Do not indiscriminately forward (messages). You must understand that we are monitoring all activities. We must first assure peace and stability in our state, said Vij.
On July 31, violent clashes broke out in Nuh in an attempt to halt a Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) procession. These clashes then spread to Gurugram and other areas, leaving six dead, including two home guard officials and a cleric.
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Top updates on Nuh violence:
- The Vishva Hindu Parishad, along with Bajrang Dal, carried out protests in different parts of the country against the violence in Nuh. “The VHP and the Bajrang Dal had called for demonstrations in every district of the country today against the violent attacks… on peaceful pilgrims in Haryana’s Nuh… These demonstrations were held successfully with the participation of lakhs of people at hundreds of places across the country,” the right-wing group said in a statement.
- In view of preventing any disturbance to peace and public order, the Haryana government decided to keep the mobile internet and SMS services in parts of the state, including Nuh, suspended till August 5.
- The Haryana government also decided to immediately move the battalion headquarters of the 2nd India Reserve Battalion (IRB) from police complex in Bhondsi to Nuh to meet ‘imminent operational exigencies’.
- Haryana’s deputy chief minister Dushyant Singh Chautala said in a press conference reiterated chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s address where he said over 40 FIRs linked with the Nuh violence case have been registered so far, as well as 100 people have been taken into police custody and over 90 have been detained.
- According to senior police official, 41 FIRs have been lodged so far and 116 people have been arrested on the basis of investigation.
- Dy CM Chautala earlier said organisers of the VHP yatra, taken out on July 31 in Nuh, did not provide complete information to the district administration. “The yatra organisers did not give complete information about the procession to the district administration, which resulted in the violence. Strict action will follow against those responsible for the incident,” he said.
- During a press conference, CM Manohar Lal Khattar said the Rajastan Police is free to act against Bajarang Dal member and cow vigilante Monu Manesar, who is allegedly involved in triggering the Nuh violence, as the last case against him was lodged by Rajasthan Police.
- CM Khattar sought four additional companies of central forces following communal clashes in the state. He said 14 out of 20 central force companies are deployed in Nuh, three in Palwal and two in Gurugram and one in Faridabad.
- Fearing spillover effects of the communal violence, mobile internet services in four tehsils of Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district will remain suspended for one more day. The district shares border with Haryana’s Nuh.
