Nuh Violence: Panchayat Heads Situation Letters ‘Barring Muslim Merchants’ From Coming into Villages

New Delhi: Amid communal stress in some elements of the state, letters allegedly issued by some panchayat heads in Mahendergarh, Rewari and Jhajjar districts of Haryana have come to mild on social media, which ‘bar’ Muslim merchants from their villages, information company PTI reported. The letters, that are virtually comparable, discuss with the violence in Nuh district on July 31, when a mob attacked a procession of Vishva Hindu Parishad. The violence in Nuh claimed the lives of 5 folks, together with two residence guards, and a cleric was killed in an assault on a mosque in neighbouring Gurugram because the violence unfold.

The district authorities stated they’ve observed the letters on-line and are probing the matter. The purported letters by sarpanches of some villages stated they’ve determined to not permit the Muslim group and troublemakers to do any enterprise of their villages. It mentions peddlers, cattle merchants and beggars. Nonetheless, many sarpanches in Mahendergarh and Rewari denied having written any such letters mentioning a selected group.

Mahendergarh Deputy Commissioner Monika Gupta stated no such letters have been submitted to the federal government officers. “We’ve got taken suo motu cognisance of what’s going on within the media and are inquiring into the matter,” PTI quoted her as saying. She stated they’ve requested for reviews from subject officers on this concern. Ved Prakash, the sarpanch of Gomla village in Kanina block of Mahendergarh district, stated, “What I had written was a special matter. It doesn’t title any specific group”. He didn’t give extra particulars.

One other sarpanch from Mahendergarh district stated to PTI that they’re solely checking id credentials of strangers, which he stated was a basic train unrelated to any group. Chimnawas village Sarpanch in Rewari Narender Yadav stated, “I’ve not issued any such letter as is being claimed.”

Nonetheless, Vikas, the sarpanch of Saidpur in Mahendergarh stated he had issued a letter however it was not despatched to the SDM, nor was any decision handed by the village. He didn’t speak in regards to the contents of the letter. “The state of affairs within the village, which has a inhabitants of three,500, was tense after the Nuh incident and any outsider may have confronted any untoward incident,” Vikas stated to PTI.

When requested whether or not the letter had any reference to a selected group, he stated, “We’re not towards any group. However after the sort of incident that occurred in Nuh, tempers had been very excessive and the letter was issued to forestall any flare-up.” He stated there isn’t a Muslim inhabitants in his village, although members from the group come for work.

Jhajjar Deputy Commissioner, Capt Shakti Singh, stated some mischief-makers may need used the letter head of any panchayat and circulated that. He stated they’re investigating it. He stated no such letter has been submitted to officers. He stated no gram panchayat or anybody else might be permitted to do something that’s unconstitutional or unlawful.

In the meantime, officers stated 57 FIRs have been registered in reference to the Nuh violence and 188 folks arrested to date. They stated an FIR was additionally filed towards 11 folks for spreading rumours on social media on the violence.