The Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal, and Matrishakti Durgavahini organized the yatra procession. When it was prevented from going towards a Shiv temple in Nalhar, Nuh, there was stone-throwing and attacks on the yatra participants using petrol bombs and sticks.
Mobs in the Haryana districts of Nuh and Gurugram attempted to disrupt a religious march by the Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Monday, resulting in the deaths of two home guards, identified as Neeraj and Gursevak, as well as the injuries of over 200 others and the burning of numerous vehicles, according to officials.
A mob's effort to halt the VHP march in Nuh caused confrontations between the attendees and an opposing group, turning the event into a wild affair.
What led to violence in Nuh?
According to police, the violence started ten minutes after the 200-person march started to move from Edward Chowk in Nuh town around 2:00 pm. A sizable crowd allegedly threw rocks at the group as they were walking along the main route. After first running away, the Hindu side is said to have regrouped and struck again.
An officer said that there was a rumour that Monu Manesar, a cow vigilante and member of the Bajrang Dal who was booked for murdering two Muslim men whose bodies were discovered in the Bhiwani district in february and that he would also be joining the procession.
In a video shared on social media on Sunday, Monu Manesar—who is wanted by Rajasthan Police in connection with a double murder case—stated that he would be taking part in the yatra and encouraged others to follow suit. It was informed to PTI later that Monu Manesar chose not to take part because the VHP advised against it, fearing that he might incite conflict. Additionally, he was dared to visit Nuh by threats on Twitter.
Here’s a sequence of events of how the violence erupted in Nuh:
- On August 1, the unrest extended to Gurugram, where a mosque was vandalised and a cleric was killed.
- A curfew was imposed to control the situations in Nuh district and Gurugram.
- Social media played a significant role in fuelling the violence which led to the suspension of internet services in Nuh and Faridabad.
- Following the news of the conflict in Nuh, which is predominantly Muslim, crowds in Gurugram's Sohna area stoned and set fire to four cars and a store owned by members of that community. There, demonstrators spent hours blocking a route.
- Section 144 was imposed. Schools and colleges were asked to remain closed in Gurugram and Faridabad.
- Police arrested 80 people involved in the clashes.
- Delhi was put on alert after fresh violence in Gurugram on Tuesday.
- On August 2, a plea was filed in the Supreme Court asking for the cancellation of the rallies that the VHP and Bajrang Dal had scheduled in Delhi-NCR.
- The Supreme Court stated in an order on Wednesday that "rallies can go on but should be video graphed."
- Six people have died as a result of communal fighting in Haryana.
- Protests and rallies are organised by the VHP and Bajrang Dal in Delhi and other UP cities.
- Motorcycle-borne assailants hurled Molotov cocktails at two mosques in Tauru in Haryana's Nuh district on August 2nd.
- Six people have died so far in the violence, 116 people have been arrested and 90 detained, according to the Haryana government.
