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| In the wake of riots between Hindus and Muslims, the authorities imposed a curfew in the Nuh region of the northern Indian state of Haryana on August 1, 2023. A burned-out store can be seen adjacent to a vacant road. |
Hindu-Muslim clashes south of New
Delhi result in at least five deaths
- NEW DELHI: Confrontations between Hindus and Muslims broke out on Monday approximately 50
kilometers (30 miles) south of the Indian capital New Delhi, killing at least
five people, including two police officers, according to police authorities.
According to the government, the violence started
as a Hindu religious procession marched through the predominantly Muslim Nuh
district of Haryana state. By evening, the unrest had spread to the nearby city
of Gurugram, where a mosque had been set on fire, killing a cleric and injuring
another.
Nishant
Kumar Yadav, deputy commissioner of Gurugram, said that security around places
of worship had also been reinforced. He added that five people involved in the
event had been apprehended, and the identities of the remaining participants
are being ascertained.
A business
center for the nation, Gurugram, formerly known as Gurgaon, shares a border
with New Delhi and is home to several major corporations.
After five
cars were set on fire and some shops went up in flames on Monday evening,
public order clampdowns had already been enacted for the area, and it had been
ordered that schools and colleges remain closed.
On Tuesday,
local government leaders from Nuh and Gurugram met with members of the Muslim
and Hindu populations in respective areas to urge for peace.
Gurugram,
however, remained tense throughout the day as crowds prowled the streets,
torching junkyards and vandalizing several small restaurants, the majority
of which belonged to Muslims.
By evening,
most of the district's mobile internet services had been shut off.
Local
administration officials in Nuh stated that they were looking into what led to
the initial confrontation that started the violence.
The
procession was intended to travel from one temple to another, but on the way,
fighting between two factions claimed the lives of four individuals, according
to Krishna Kumar, a spokesman for the Nuh police.
Two of the
dead, according to him, were home guard volunteers who aid police in containing
public disturbances.
According to
local government officials, 60 other individuals were hurt in the skirmishes,
including 10 police officers.
Manohar Lal
Khattar, the chief minister of Haryana, denounced the situation in Nuh, where
curfew restrictions have been put in place, the internet has been cut off, and
more security personnel have been deployed, in a post on messaging service X,
formerly known as Twitter.
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