Local khaps (community groups) and members of Hindu outfits at a mahapanchayat organised by Sarv Hindu Samaj here on Sunday announced to hold again the Brijmandal Jalabhishek Yatra in Nuh on August 28. The religious procession had to be aborted, after communal clashes broke out at Nuh’s Nalhar during the Vishwa Hindu Parishad-held yatra on July 31, claiming six lives.
Held amid tight security, the congregation representing 52 khaps or ‘paals’ as they are known in this region, sought a probe by National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the recent clashes to “unravel the conspiracy”, the merger of Muslim-dominated Nuh into other districts of Haryana, and the transfer of trial in the cases of communal clashes outside Nuh, among other things.
It also demanded setting up of a Central forces’ headquarters at Nuh, relaxation of conditions to grant arms licences to Hindus and ₹1 crore ex gratia and government job to the next of kin of those killed in the violence.
