The 26-year-old Imam of a mosque in Gurugram was killed when an armed mob attacked the shrine in the early hours of Tuesday, exacerbating communal clashes in parts of southern Haryana that have left five people dead, according to Chief Minister Manohar Lal. As many as 60 people have been injured and 44 First Information Reports registered so far, as the clashes spread to three districts.
After a meeting with senior officials in Chandigarh, the Chief Minister said that Monday afternoon’s attack on the Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra, which sparked the clashes, was “unfortunate”, and seemed to be part of a larger conspiracy. He said that five people, including two policemen, were killed in the violence, and 70 persons were taken into custody.
Besides Nuh, the epicentre of the violence which broke out during the yatra, the communal clashes spread to parts of Gurugram and Palwal as well, by late Monday night.
