Gurugram restaurant set afire, shops vandalised day after communal clashes

Mangalore Today News Network

Gurugram, Aug 01, 2023: A day after clashes erupted between two groups in Haryana’s Nuh district during a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) procession, a mob on Tuesday set fire to a restaurant and vandalised adjoining shops in Gurugram’s Badshahpur. The mob ransacked shops belonging to a particular community and chanted "Jai Shri Ram" in front of a mosque in the area.

 

All the two-wheelers that were parked in the area were also pushed over by the mob which consisted of around 50 to 60 people.

The Badshahpur market was shut down following the violence.

5 DEAD IN VIOLENCE

Five people, including an imam and two home guards, were killed in the violence that erupted on Monday. The violence spread from Nuh to Gurugram within hours.

The two home guards who were killed have been identified as Neeraj and Gurusevak. They were part of the Gurugram Police Team which came under attack as they were reaching Nuh.

The others who died in the clashes include Shakti (35), a shopowner in Nuh, and Abhishek (24), a resident of Panipat who took part in the VHP procession.

Shakti had escaped his shop when the clashes broke out in Nuh and returned there at night. He was found dead in the shop on Tuesday. Abhishek was declared brought dead by the doctors at Nalhar Medical College.

The imam was killed in an attack in Gurugram which took place hours after the violence broke out in Nuh. Mohmmad Saad was the imam of a mosque in Gurugram Sector 57. Another man, Khursheed, was also attacked along with Saad. Khursheed is currently in a critical condition after he was shot in the leg.

All schools and colleges in Gurugram and Faridabad were closed on Tuesday and prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) were imposed in Gurugram and Nuh.

Courtesy: India Today