Curfew imposed in parts of northern India as 5 killed in religious violence – National | 24CA News
Indian authorities imposed a curfew, suspended web service and deployed hundreds of paramilitary forces on Tuesday to elements of northern Haryana state after lethal communal clashes unfold to Gurugram, a metropolis simply outdoors the capital, New Delhi.
The violence started Monday afternoon when Hindus and Muslims clashed with one another in Haryana’s Nuh district throughout a spiritual procession by a Hindu nationalist group, the Press Trust of India news company reported. At least 4 folks, together with two law enforcement officials, had been killed within the clashes.
The clashes began when far-right Hindu Nationalist teams Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal held a spiritual course of via the Muslim quarter of Haryana’s Nuh district. Shopfronts, autos, and even public buses had been destroyed in the course of the clashes. Thousands of police and paramilitary forces have been deployed to Nuh, which has additionally seen web companies briefly suspended.
More than 20 law enforcement officials had been injured within the violence and dozens of automobiles had been set on hearth, a police assertion mentioned.
Tensions later spilled over to Gurugram, some 30 kilometers (19 miles) from New Delhi, the place mobs torched a mosque and killed a Muslim cleric late Monday evening. Police mentioned some attackers have been arrested.
There had been no reviews of contemporary violence from both place on Tuesday, however authorities mentioned that they had ordered colleges and schools to stay shut as a precautionary measure.
On Tuesday, baton-wielding police marched down the streets of Nuh littered which had been with stones and charred autos within the areas the place clashes passed off, as fear-stricken residents remained indoors.
“A large mob destroyed property, cars and hand carts. I stayed indoors to protect my family,” mentioned native resident Mahendra, who solely gave his first identify.
Another native, Akram Qureshi, mentioned many households deserted the violence-stricken neighborhoods out of concern.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, in a put up on the social media platform X, previously referred to as Twitter, condemned the violence in Nuh.
“The guilty will not be spared at any cost. Strictest action will be taken against them,” he mentioned.
The state’s house minister, Anil Vij, alleged the violence was “engineered” and mentioned police will examine the clashes.
Communal violence in India will not be new, with periodic clashes breaking out ever because the British partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947, however observers say that non secular polarization has risen beneath Prime Minister Narendra Modi, additional deepening fault traces towards minorities and heightening tensions.
With information from Reuters
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