The Government of Haryana disallowed Friday prayers in Gurugram area of the north Indian state and also razed shanties of more than 250 Muslims in the state.
According to a report by NDTV, the bulldozer move, however, is also being seen as action against alleged rioters, as both the district administration and the Chief Minister earlier alleged immigrants were involved in the clashes. Sources said Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar ordered the demolition.
The state Government said that “Illegal immigrants from Bangladesh” who were earlier living in Assam had allegedly set up shanties on Haryana Urban Authority land in ward number one along Mohammadpur road of Tauru town in Nuh district.
More than 250 shanties were built in about one acre of land, and they were reportedly living here for the last four years, they said, a claim denied by those living in the shanties.
Police and administration have alleged “outsiders, alleged infiltrators”, were involved in the attack on the VHP procession, however, local muslims said that the Hindu crowds attacked a mosque in the Nuh area, triggering anger among the minority community..
Meanwhile, there was also an attempt to vandalise two mosques in Tauru late night on Wednesday.
Six people, including two home guards and a cleric, have died in the clashes that erupted in Nuh. Several vehicles, food joints, and shops were set on fire by unruly mobs.
176 people have been arrested and over 90 detained in the state so far. Forty-one cases were registered.
The police have filed seven First Information Reports, or FIRs, for incendiary social media posts. 2,300 videos are being examined, they said.
Three accounts have been identified which posted inflammatory content on the day of the clashes, police said.