Nuh Violence Updates: Gurugram offices go WFH, Internet ban extended till August 5 | 10 points
Nuh district of Haryana that claimed six lives and left more than 20 police personnel injured. According to the Haryana government, six people have been killed so far in the violence, 116 people have been arrested, 90 detained, and 44 FIRs have been registered in connection with the clashes which also spread to the adjoining areas of Haryana including Delhi, Rajasthan's Bhiwani, etc. Following this, mobile internet services were suspended in Nuh and Faridabad up to Wednesday, but the state government extended the shutdown till August 5 in the wake of critical situations in Nuh, Faridabad, and Palwal.
1) So far, around 50 people have been arrested regarding Nuh violence, the local police said. Among them is Dinesh Bharti, who heads Jai Bharat Mata Vahini and is booked for posting a video allegedly inciting communal violence, PTI reported. 2) In Gurugram, police have identified 50 social media accounts carrying objectionable posts, the cops said.
3) On Tuesday night, five godowns were set ablaze and two meat shops were ransacked in the Gurugram district late Tuesday night by mobs which authorities say mostly disperse before the police arrive. On Wednesday, two ‘jhuggis’ were torched and a tea shop was vandalized. In another slum, some huts were ransacked.
4) The Haryana government said that prohibitory orders remain in force in Nuh, Gurugram, and other affected districts. 5) Violence scares Muslim migrants in Gurugram, many consider leaving for their hometowns, according to PTI reports. 6) Ali, who lives in a slum in Sector 70A said, “Some people came on motorcycles on Tuesday night, threatening us that if we do not leave, they would set fire to our slum.
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