Haryana violence: Nuh SP transferred, internet suspended, 93 FIRs filed

Digital Desk: Migrant workers in Gurugram were gripped by fear as many of those working in factories, restaurants, homes, and construction sites either completely left the city or remained in their homes after receiving threats from some residents or out of fear of reprisal following the communal violence that ripped through the nearby Nuh district on Monday.

Even though no new violent incidents were reported from Nuh town, Haryana, on Thursday and the authorities asserted that things are back to normal three days after communal clashes in the area, police are investigating two cases of fire incidents at different mosques in the Tarau area of the district that were reported on Wednesday.

The Gurugram police on Thursday formed a special investigation team (SIT) to inquire into the Tuesday mosque arson that claimed the life of a cleric.

This took place Fighting broke out during a Hindu religious procession in Nuh, Haryana, and this took place after it.

Mobile internet services are temporarily suspended in the Nuh district. 

Varun Singla, a senior police officer from Nuh in Haryana, has been moved. When fights started at the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) event, he was on leave. Varun Singla, the superintendent of police, was dispatched to Bhiwani late on Thursday night.

At least 176 people were arrested, and 78 were detained. 46 of the 93 FIRs were registered in Nuh, 23 in Gurgaon, and 18 in Palwal, among other districts.

The Haryana government established a four-person committee to investigate social media posts that may have incited communal tension and contributed to the conflict in Nuh as well as to monitor fresh ones.