A MOSQUE was set on fire and a short circuit apparently triggered a blaze in another in Haryana’s Nuh district, while two brothers belonging to Muslim community were allegedly beaten up in Gurugram by a group of about 30 people, police said on Thursday. No one was injured in the mosque incidents that took place around 11:30 pm on Wednesday, they said. While one of the mosques is located near Vijay Chowk, the other is near a police station. Both mosques suffered some damage. Superintendent of Police (Nuh) Varun Singla said, “Light arson has been done in one mosque while short circuit seems to be the reason for the fire in the other.

 

The police took control of the situation and are conducting raids to nab the suspects.” A total of 176 people have been arrested and 78 taken into preventive detention in connection with the communal clashes in Haryana, a top State Government official said here on Thursday. (Contd from page 1) Additional Chief Secretary (Home) T V S N Prasad also said 93 FIRs have been registered, including 46 in Nuh, 23 in Gurugram, three in Faridabad, three in Rewari, and 18 in Palwal. Soon after getting the information, fire brigades were rushed to the two mosques and the blaze was doused, police said. A senior police officer said they are trying to identify the accused with the help of CCTV cameras installed in nearby areas. Earlier, police had said that Molotov cocktails were hurled at the two mosques. In neighbouring Gurugram, two men identified as Nisar Ali and his brother Rustam Ali, were allegedly beaten up on Wednesday evening by a group of about 30 people, police said. The victims, natives of Malda district in West Bengal, are living in a slum in Palda village here. According to a complaint by Nisar Ali, a group of about 25 to 30 youths came to the slum on Tuesday and told the dwellers to leave the city by Wednesday.

 

Curfew, meanwhile, was relaxed in Nuh on Thursday. The Haryana Government has constituted a committee that will monitor social media platforms to prevent the circulation of provocative material, including videos, photographs, and hate speeches, to maintain law and order and communal harmony in the State. The committee has been formed in the wake of communal violence in Nuh. According to an order issued on Thursday by Additional Chief Secretary (Home), T V S N Prasad, the committee will coordinate with all relevant agencies to take “remedial/corrective measures in this regard”. “We have to take a full comprehensive view of the situation. Provocative or false information should not be spread on social media,” Additional Chief Secretary (Home) T V S N Prasad said while addressing the media.