Simmering discontent in the Mewat region over inaction in Junaid and Nasir murder case in February this year, a political rhetoric, and a few aggressive elements sneaking into the procession contributed to the clashes that broke out between two communities on July 31 with the provocative social media posts from both sides adding fuel to the fire, said Superintendent of Police (SP), Nuh, Narendra Bijarniya, denying any “long-term planning” behind the Nuh violence.
Mr. Bijarniya told The Hindu around 50 young men from villages in Rajasthan bordering Haryana came to stay at a hotel in Badkali and stones were piled up as part of the conspiracy to attack the procession. “The investigation so far suggests that one to two days of planning had gone into it,” said the Nuh police chief.
As many as 393 people have been arrested and 160 First Information Reports (FIRs) registered in connection with the communal clashes in Nuh on July 31 which later spread to parts of south Haryana, claiming six lives.
