Mobile net suspended, security up ahead of Nuh procession

The Haryana government on Sunday suspended mobile internet services in Nuh district for 24 hours (till Monday evening) ahead of the Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra. Haryana additional chief secretary (home) Anurag Rastogi said the decision to suspend mobile internet services from 6 pm on Sunday to 6 pm on Monday was taken to prevent spread of misinformation and maintain public order. The police have stepped up the vigil in the area.

On July 31 last year, a Vishva Hindu Parishad procession had come under a “pre-planned attack” when the procession was passing through a communally sensitive locality, triggering communal clashes in Nuh and nearby areas which saw mobs attacking police stations, torching vehicles, resorting to stone pelting and using firearms. Five persons, including three civilians and two home guards, were killed and several others injured in the violence. After that, a mob had attacked a mosque in Gurugram and killed its naib imam.