Haryana Communal Tension: Mosque set on fire, cleric shot dead in night attack | Oneindia News
The situation in Haryana is worsening. In a fresh attack in the state, a mob attacked a mosque in Gurugram, killed one person, and injured several others just past midnight. The violence came hours after clashes in Nuh during a procession by the VHP and Bajrang Dal, which left three people, including two home guards, dead.
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00:00 The situation in Haryana is worsening. In a fresh attack in the state, a mob attacked
00:06 a mosque in Gurugram, killed one person and injured several others just past midnight.
00:11 The violence came hours after clashes in Noor during a procession by the VHP and Bajrang
00:15 Dal, which left three people, including two home guards, dead. A mob of close to 45 people
00:20 fired at a mosque in Gurugram's sector 57, subsequently setting it ablaze. The incident
00:25 is said to have occurred between midnight and 1am, with a mob carrying lathis charging
00:30 at a local mosque in sector 57. The mob began pelting stones and fired multiple rounds at
00:35 the mosque, with some members of the group entering inside the mosque to attack those
00:39 present there. Within a few minutes of the firing, the mosque was set on fire. Union
00:43 Minister and Gurugram MP Rao Inderjeet Singh confirmed that there was an attack on a mosque
00:47 in Gurugram in which two people, including the Imam, were shot.
00:52 Yesterday I spoke to the Minister of State for whom 20 paramilitary companies have been
00:56 sent. Noor's incident has had an impact on Gurugram as well. Yesterday there was an attack
01:00 on a mosque in Gurugram in which two people, including the Imam, were shot. Five people
01:04 have been detained in this case, he said.
01:07 A first information report has been filed regarding the incident, the police said. The
01:11 police identified the attackers, conducted raids at various places and several of the
01:14 accused were arrested, they said. Security around religious places has been strengthened.
01:19 Both the police and administration are holding meetings with prominent members of the community
01:22 to ensure peace, the police added.
01:25 Internet services have been suspended in Sona, Patodi and Manesar areas. Four people, including
01:29 two home guards, were killed and at least 30 others injured in clashes that broke out
01:32 between two groups in Haryana yesterday. The clash started during a religious procession
01:37 in Haryana's Noo, adjoining Gurugram.
01:40 The police said that the home guards were shot dead as a mob tried to stop the religious
01:43 procession in Noo's Khegla mode, throwing stones and setting cars on fire.
01:48 A 26-year-old man was killed late last night after a mob attacked the mosque in Gurugram
01:52 as the violence spread to the neighbouring district, while the identity of the fourth
01:55 man who died in the violence is yet to be asserted.
01:58 The Brij Mandal Jal Abhishek Yatra organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad was stopped by
02:03 a group of young men on the Gurugram-Arwar National Highway.
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