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PremiumNuh violence: The curfew in Haryana's violence-hit Nuh district will be lifted for the movement of the public from 9 am to 1 PM. Besides, ban on the internet services will continue until the situation normalises, says the authority. Yesterday, illegal structures were razed off in Nuh from where stones were allegedly pelted on a religious procession during the clashes.
Violence broke out between two groups on July 31 in Haryana's Nuh district, on Monday that claimed the lives of six people including two Home Guards. The violence also gripped neighbouring districts, especially Gurugram on 1 August. In connection with the communal clashes, the Haryana police have arrested 141 people, and 55 FIRs registered so far.
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The Haryana Police has arrested several Rohingya refugees in connection with the recent communal violence in Nuh district. Narender Bijarniya, Nuh superintendent of police, said some of the refugees have been identified for pelting stones and being part of the mob on July 31 violence.
Financial institutions in Nuh, Tauru, Punhana, Ferozepur Jhirka, Pingawan and municipal corporation areas will open for a short window on Monday, the official said.
Banks and ATMs will reopen in Haryana's violence-hit Nuh on Monday on a trial basis days after they were closed due to the communal clashes in the area.
Curfew in Nuh will be lifted for the movement of the public from 9 am to 1 pm (4 hours only) on 7th August 2023
The CPI delegation which was visiting the violence-ridden areas was stopped by the police from entering violence-affected villages near Nuh district.
"We have decided to go back because we don't want any confrontation. Hooligans, goons and miscreants can go freely, but democratic people who have come here for peacemaking are stopped," CPI Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam said.
Haryana officials demolished multiple unauthorized constructions in the Nuh district, which had been affected by violence. Among these was a hotel and restaurant that allegedly played a role in pelting stones at a religious procession during the clashes the previous week, according to officials.
This is the fourth day of demolition drive in Nuh with the district administration saying they have identified 16 illegal structures which will be bulldozed on Sunday.
A delegation consisting of four members from the Communist Party (CPI) is scheduled to visit the areas impacted by violence in Gurugram and Nuh, Haryana. The four-member delegation including CPI Rajya Sabha MP, Binoy Viswam, CPI general secretary Amarjeet Kaur, party MP Sandosh Kumar P, party leader Dariyav Singh Kashyap will visit violence-affected areas in Gurugram and Nuh districts.
The Haryana Police has refuted the claims of sexual harassment of women stranded in Nalhar temple in Nuh during the recent violence. According to the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Haryana Mamata Singh no such incident took place during the clashes as she herself was present there on the spot. "A narrative is going on social media since yesterday that the day the devotees were stuck at Nalhar Mandir, gruesome crimes like rape occurred with a few women devotees there during this. I would like to tell you that this is false, a complete rumour," Mamata Singh said. She further said that strict action will be taken against such rumour-mongers. “I am saying this officially as I was present there during the entire incident. Nothing like that happened with any woman. We have already cleared that what actually happened there...Strict action will be taken against such rumour-mongers," the ADGP said.
A hotel-cum-restaurant demolished in Nuh. District administration says that it was built illegally and hooligans had pelted stones from here during the recent violence.
The Haryana government has said that the attack on the cybercrime police station in Nuh district was aimed at destroying evidence. Documents related to the huge fraud and other crimes were kept at the police station, the government said.
In April this year, the Haryana Police had uncovered a cyber fraud worth about ₹100 crore
The Haryana government on Saturday said the attack on the cybercrime police station in Nuh district was aimed at destroying evidence related to a massive fraud unearthed earlier this year.
The cybercrime police station was targeted during the violence that erupted in Nuh on July 31.
Six people, including two home guards and a cleric, died in the communal clashes that erupted after a mob tried to stop a Vishva Hindu Parishad procession and spread to Gurugram over the last few days.
A four-member CPI delegation to visit the violence-affected areas in Gurugram and Nuh in Haryana on Sunday.
Amid heavy security deployment, mahapanchayat by Hindu Samaj at Tighar village in Gurugram started on Sunday.
Curfew in Nuh lifted for the movement of public from 9 am to 12 noon (3 hours only) on Sunday. Residents stepped out of their houses to purchase vegetables and other medicines.
Security beefed up at Tighar village in Gurugram ahead of mahapanchayat by 'Hindu Samaj'.
The Nuh district administration on Sunday demolished a otel-cum-restaurant that was built illegally and hooligans had pelted stones from here during the recent violence.
Haryana government on Sunday announced that mobile internet services will remain suspended in the Nuh district till August 8.
The order passed by the Haryana Home Secretary stated that the conditions in the district remain critical and tense.
