Union Minister and Gurugram MP Rao Inderjit Singh confirmed that there was an attack on a mosque in Gurugram in which two people including the imam were shot.
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GURUGRAM — A mob attacked a mosque in Gurugram, killed two persons including Imam of the mosque, and injured several others just past midnight, police said on Tuesday.
The incident happened in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.
The mosque, Anjuman Jama Masjid in Sector 57, was also set on fire. Fire control trucks were rushed to the spot, and brought the fire under control.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (East), Nitish Aggarwal told IANS that one person was killed and another injured when a group of men attacked the religious place in the area of police station Sector 56. Several fire tenders were dispatched to put out the fire.
“The attackers have been identified by the police and raids were conducted throughout the night, several of the attackers have been rounded up,” the DCP said.
He further said the security around the places of worship has been tightened in Gurugram.
Officials from the police and administration are holding meetings with prominent members of both communities to ensure peace.
Internet services were suspended in Sohna, Pataudi and Manesar areas, he said.
Union Minister and Gurugram MP Rao Inderjit Singh confirmed to NDTV that there was an attack on a mosque in Gurugram in which two people including the imam were shot.
“Yesterday, I spoke to the Minister of State for Home. Twenty companies of paramilitary have been sent. Nuh’s incident has had an impact on Gurugram as well. Yesterday, there was an attack on a mosque in Gurugram in which two people including the imam were shot. Five people have been detained in this case,” NDTV quoted him as saying.
At least two home guards of the Gurugram Police and eight other police personnel and several others were injured in the communal clashes that rocked Haryana’s Muslim-dominated Nuh district on Monday.
The deceased were two home guards, identified as Gurusevak and Neeraj, and an unidentified person.
The violence broke out during a procession organised by the right-wing group Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Nuh.
Reports say the clash was triggered by an objectionable video posted on social media by a Bajrang Dal activist.
NDTV quoted sources reported that Bajrang Dal member Monu Manesar and his associates – suspects in several criminal cases — had circulated the video a few days ago. He had openly challenged that he would stay in Mewat during the yatra.
The Nuh clashes later on Monday evening escalated to Gurugram, and mobs in Sohna set ablaze several vehicles and shops in the area. Protesters there blocked a road for hours.
The Haryana government has already suspended Mobile Internet services in Nuh and Faridabad. Educational institutes were ordered closed on Tuesday in Faridabad, Gurugram, and Palwal districts as a safety measure.
VHP’s Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra was stopped by a group of people near Nuh’s Khedla Mod and stones were pelted at the procession. People in the procession also hurled stones back at the youths who had stopped them and set cars on fire. Later, many took refuge in a temple in Nuh.
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Tuesday suspected conspiracy behind the communal clashes that claimed three lives after violence in the Muslim-dominated Nuh district, reports IANS.
“Both communities have been staying in Nuh peacefully for a long time. There is a conspiracy behind this. The way stones, weapons, bullets were found, it seems there is a mastermind behind this,” the minister told the media.
“We will conduct a detailed investigation and take strict actions against the masterminds,” he added.
(With media inputs)
