Haryana CM convenes meet, top officials to attend; HM Vij terms violence ‘pre-planned’

New Delhi: A day after incidents of violence & burning of public property in Nuh, earlier called Mewat, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has called a high-level meeting to discuss the prevailing law & order situation in wake of Monday’s communal clashes.

The meeting will be attended by top officials of police administration, who will brief the Chief Minister on what led to spate of violence & also about alleged lapses in containing the mobsters from unleashing violence on streets.

The meeting will also be attended Haryana home minister Anil Vij. A detailed investigation has already been launched over Nuh violence.

Earlier, in the day, state Home Minister questioned the motive of rioters and said that violence didn’t break out all of sudden, rather it was ‘pre-planned.’ He said that probe team will investigate the matter and guilty will be ‘taught a lesson’.

“The violence did not take place suddenly. It was masterminded by someone with the target to disturb peace of the country and the state. The anti-social elements had collected stone, bullets were fired…it did not happen suddenly…therefore, an inquiry has been set up in this matter and whoever is found guilty will not be spared,” Vij said in a statement.

Nuh violence aftermath

An uneasy calm prevails in the riot-hit Nuh district while paramilitary forces keep a tight vigil in the area. As many as 20 companies of paramilitary forces were rushed to the state after spate of violence on Monday.

At least 4 people including two policemen were killed in the communal clashes that broke out after a mob blocked the Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). The Yatra, flagged off from Gurugram was blocked by a group of mobsters, running into hundreds. They pelted stones at the Yatra and set as many as 50-70 vehicles on fire. Nuh’s Cyber crime police station was also ransacked and police cars set on fire.

Last late evening, the violence also spread to other adjoining areas including Gurugram, where a group of miscreants targeted a religious place and fired gunshots. Incidents of arson & violence were also reported from Sohna.