In the districts of Gurugram and Nuh in Haryana, there have been clashes between Hindu and Muslim communities. People have been killed and public property damaged. Tensions are running high. A good administration would have moved in to restore law and order, maintain peace, arrest the culpable, and commence the legal process of charge and prosecution. It would have also housed people left on the streets due to property damage.
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However, in today’s India, good administrations are not the norm. Following the example of its peers in Uttar Pradesh, the Haryana government has taken to demolishing the houses of persons it suspects to have been involved in the violence. Overnight and without notice.
