In comunaly charged Gurugram, a mob of around 200 people vandalised a mosque and assaulted those who were praying inside and also threatened to drive them out of the Muslim community, Muslim Mirror reported.
In Bhora Kalan village, only four homes belong to Muslim households, according to a complaint made by Subedar Najar Mohammad.
According to him, the disturbance started on Wednesday morning when a mob of 200 people, allegedly led by Rajesh Chauhan alias Babu, Anil Bhadoria, and Sanjay Vyas, encircled the mosque and went inside to pray before threatening to drive the namazis out of the community.
“In the night again, when we were praying inside the prayer hall in the mosque, the mob came and assaulted the namazis and even locked the prayer hall. They also threatened to kill us and did not spare the women and kids,” the Subedar said in his complaint, according to police.
According to an eyewitness, “We were offering namaz when those miscreants barged into our mosque and started shouting ‘khali karo khali karo’ (vacate the place). Appalled by the sudden disturbances we came out and they locked the place down.”
Videos from the incident that have went viral show an elderly woman with a fractured hand, women thrashed and beaten up while even children were not spared, smashed glass doors and windows lying on the floor with broken furniture
Police reported that a mobile phone found by police at the scene may have belonged to a member of the mob that was attacking.
In response to Mohammad’s complaint, a police report (FIR) was filed at the Bilaspur Police Station accusing Rajesh Chauhan, Anil Bhadoria, Sanjay Vyas, and a number of other people of rioting, attempting to provoke religious conflict, and unlawful assembly.
“As per the complaint, an FIR has been registered and we are verifying the facts. Action will be taken as per the law,” said senior police officer Gajender Singh, the investigating officer.