Six people were killed and 116 were arrested so far in the violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims in Nuh, Haryana state, India.
On July 31 (Monday), mobs set fire to cars in the mostly Muslim district of Nuh, around 75 kilometers south of New Delhi, after throwing stones at a Hindu religious procession.
As part of the attack on Gurugram, a satellite city of the capital and a major business center where Nokia, Samsung, Google, Deloitte, and American Express have their Indian headquarters, arson, and vandalism broke out the following evening.
A mob of around 200 people set fire to a restaurant while chanting Hindu religious slogans as they looted several meat shops.
Manohar Lal Khattar, Haryana state chief minister, said, "Six people had been killed in the violence, and 116 had been arrested so far."
"Those found guilty will not be spared, and we are committed to public safety," he said on Wednesday, August 2.
The State Police said, "On Tuesday, two of the dead were security personnel on their way to contain the unrest in Nuh
According to New Delhi police, security has been increased in some neighborhoods as a precaution.
According to local media, tensions started to rise when prominent Hindu nationalist activist Monu Manesar, of the extreme right-wing Bajrang Dal, announced that he would attend the procession in Nuh on July 31 (Monday).
Police are seeking Manesar over allegations he lynched two Muslim cattle traders in another part of Haryana state, India.
A vigilante leader regularly posts videos celebrating attacks on Muslims who transport or kill cows, which Hindus revere.
Police said Manesar evaded arrest, so he did not join the procession.
India's 200-million-strong Muslim minority has experienced numerous outbreaks of violence since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in 2014.
Critics said, "The ruling Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party has marginalized Muslims since taking power."
A religious riot in New Delhi in 2020 resulted in 53 deaths, and there were at least 1,000 deaths in Gujarat in 2002, when Modi was chief minister, and most of the victims were Muslims.
The British broadcaster BBC aired a documentary on January 17–24 on Modi's actions during the riots in 2002, and tax officials raided its India office on February 14, 2023.
In 2012, the top court of India appointed an investigation but found no proof of Modi's wrongdoing.
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