Haryana communal violence: Shop vandalised in Panipat

Some unidentified people allegedly vandalised a shop in Haryanas Panipat near the house of a man killed in the Nuh communal clashes police said on FridayThe miscreants targeted the shop selling chicken on Thursday evening and also damaged two vehicles parked nearbyThe shop was close to the house of one of the civilians who died in the Nuh incident Police have been deployed in the area an official saidSome local residents told reporters that there was harmony and brotherhood among the people living in the area and the act was carried out by some miscreants trying to vitiate the peaceful atmosphereA senior police officer from Panipat said the matter was under investigationHe said the situation was peaceful and additional force has been deployed in sensitive areas he saidSix people including two home guards and a cleric died in the clashes that erupted in Nuh over an attempt to stop a Vishva Hindu Parishad procession and spread to Gurugram over the last few daysMeanwhile 23 people have been arrested in connection with the incidents of violence in Nuh and they were produced before a court The court later sent them to police remand for up to five daysA total of 23 accused in 6 different cases were produced before the court today The accused in FIR No 261 was sent to 4day remand One accused was sent to 3day remand five accused sent to 4day remand and the remaining were sent to 5day remandrdquo said the Counsel of the accused on ThursdayAlso readJaipurMumbai train firing lsquoWe asked for posting closer home but he got sent to MumbairsquoEarlier on Thursday Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij said that police have registered 83 FIRs and 159 people have been arrested after the violence gripped Nuh and Gurgram districtsFormer Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda demanded a judicial probe by a high court judge into the governments failure to prevent the violenceWe demand a judicial inquiry headed by a high court judge into why the government failed to prevent the riots in Nuh and that will help bring out the truth about the incident he told reportersThe probe should ascertain the truth about what led to the violent clashes who instigated them and why the government failed to take preventive steps on time to prevent a communal clash Hooda saidEarlier on Thursday the Haryana government partially lifted the mobile internet suspension from 1 pm to 4 pm hours today in multiple districtsIn its order the state government said that the internet is being lifted for the said period to facilitate the candidates of the CETScreening test Group C posts to download their admit cardsThe internet will be partially lifted in Nuh Faridabad Palwal and the territorial jurisdiction of Sub Division Sohna Pataudi and Manesar of District Gurugram Agencies