"Not random act of violence": Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Nuh clashes

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Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Tuesday said the situation in Nuh, which saw clashes between two groups on Monday, was under control, adding that unidentified miscreants likely engineered and masterminded the violence. Speaking to on Tuesday, the minister said, «Internet services have been suspended (in Nuh district) and a curfew has been imposed. Adequate police deployments have been made at the scene as well.» He informed further that police contingents have also been deployed in the adjoining districts of Nuh — Faridabad, Palwal, and Gurugram — in light of the violence on Monday.

Stating further that additional forces were being moved from other parts of Haryana as well, the state Home Minister said, «Senior IPS officers have been directed to maintain law and order in the areas they are deployed in.» He informed that DGP PK Agarwal and the additional director general of police (law and order) were at the spot, «taking stock of the situation». «Some people were held against their will inside a temple. Those trapped inside the temple shared their live location with me through Google navigation.

I passed on certain instructions to the police. An officer, Mamata Singh, led a police team, braving the odds, and reached the scene on time. The people held inside the temple were rescued,» Vij said.

«It did not seem to be a random act of violence. All communities have been residing peacefully in Nuh. Someone appeared to have incited violence.

Someone masterminded and engineered it. Stones, along with weapons and bullets, were stockpiled at various places,» the minister said. He added that like previous years, adequate security arrangements were made for the procession.