CHANDIGARH: Haryana Dwelling Minister Anil Vij on Friday mentioned 202 individuals have been arrested to date and 80 taken into preventive detention in reference to the communal clashes in Nuh. He additionally mentioned the way in which bullets have been fired from hillocks and stones collected on rooftops of buildings signifies that Nuh violence was pre-planned. In all, police have to date filed 102 FIRs within the matter.
“I wish to guarantee you that anybody concerned within the violence will not be spared,” Vij advised reporters in Ambala, including, the detainees are being questioned. “It’s a large recreation plan … each individual had a lathi in his hand. Have been these being distributed free of charge? Somebody will need to have organized these. Bullets have been being fired. From the place did weapons come …? We’ll go to the depth of the matter,” he mentioned.
The minister had earlier on Tuesday too mentioned the violence was engineered and had a mastermind behind it. Nevertheless, in a press convention on Friday, the Nuh Superintendent of Police mentioned they’ve to date discovered no indication of there being a mastermind behind the clashes. Nuh SP Narendra Singh Bijarnia mentioned the investigation to date has instructed involvement of disparate parts, that are being recognized and arrested.
In the meantime, when the minister was requested if the administration will resort to bulldozing the properties of the culprits, he quipped “bulldozer, wherever crucial, shall be used.” “Ilaj mein bulldozer bhi ek karavayi hai (bulldozer is a part of the therapy),” he mentioned. Haryana authorities have used bulldozers prior to now to raze constructions of alleged criminals in Nuh and different elements.
On a cybercrime police station being focused in Nuh, Vij mentioned, “We’ve taken the incident very severely.” Investigations are underway to search out out who attacked the police station and what information they needed to destroy, he mentioned. He mentioned Nuh was changing into a brand new Jamtara — the Jharkhand district infamous as India’s cyber crime hub.
An enormous crackdown was launched earlier this yr towards cyber criminals and a number of other individuals have been arrested for defrauding individuals throughout India. “In April a house-to-house search was carried out with 5,000 police personnel. Many laptops, a number of thousand SIM playing cards and ATM playing cards have been discovered there, on which motion was additionally taken.
“Now the cyber station that has been attacked, and the way in which makes an attempt have been made to tamper with the recordsdata, has made us launch an investigation into whether or not cyber thugs attacked the pc methods additionally of the police station,” mentioned Vij. Six individuals, together with two dwelling guards and a cleric, died within the clashes that erupted in Muslim-dominated Nuh when a Vishva Hindu Parishad procession was attacked by mobs on Monday.
Vij mentioned police have been recording individuals’s statements and scanning CCTV footage. He additionally urged the journalists who’ve been to Nuh to cowl the clashes since Monday to offer movies and feeds to the authorities to assist them examine the clashes. Vij made the identical request to individuals who have been a part of the procession the place the violence first broke out.
Requested if the authorities had obtained intelligence about potential hassle in the course of the VHP Yatra, as purportedly confirmed in TV channel sting, Vij mentioned “at what degree the enter was there, who was advised about it, all this stuff shall be investigated.” Vij mentioned an Inspector is heard saying one thing throughout a TV sting and the video has been despatched by him to the Extra Chief Secretary, Dwelling Division, for evaluation.
If that inspector had any info, then who did he give it to and at what degree, this all shall be investigated, he mentioned. When requested about Ashok Gehlot’s allegation that Haryana Police didn’t cooperate within the arrest of Monu Manesar – a cow vigilante who is needed in a case by Rajasthan Police – Vij mentioned “Congress chief ministers are recognized for making irresponsible statements they usually speak irresponsibly all around the nation.” “They need to come and arrest Monu Manesar, we’ve by no means stopped anybody … the Haryana Police additionally goes to the opposite states to arrest the offender, everybody cooperates, we may even cooperate,” he mentioned.
The Dwelling Minister mentioned all measures are being taken to revive peace in Nuh and close by districts. Referring to the Friday namaz, the minister mentioned he has spoken to deputy commissioners of Nuh, Faridabad, and Gurugram, and instructed them to make sufficient safety preparations.
