Toll in Haryana violence rises to five, curfew imposed in Nuh
The mob opened fire in which two persons were injured. One of them died during treatment. The victim has been identified as Saad, a native of Bihar, a senior officer said.
GURUGRAM: A mosque was attacked in the Sector 57 area of Gurugram as the death toll in the violence that erupted over an attempt to stop a Vishva Hindu Parishad procession in Nuh district rose to five, police said on Tuesday.
Authorities on Tuesday imposed a curfew in Nuh where two home guards were killed and many others, including several policemen, injured on Monday.
In Gurugram, a 26-year-old man was killed and a mosque was set ablaze in Gurugram’s Sector 57 as the violence spread to neighbouring Gurugram, the police said.
The mob opened fire in which two persons were injured. One of them died during treatment. The victim has been identified as Saad, a native of Bihar, a senior officer said.
According to the police, the mob reached the Anjuman Masjid in Sector 57 after midnight. Some people in the crowd opened fire at the people present in the mosque and also set it ablaze.
In Nuh, two more people injured in the violence on Monday succumbed to their injuries. The victims are home guards Neeraj and Gursewak and Bhadas village resident Shakti. The identity of the fourth victim is still to be ascertained.
Ten policemen were among 23 injured in the violence in Nuh. The police have registered 11 FIRs in the district and detained 27 people in connection with the rioting.
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