Nuh clashes: Hindu outfits Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) took out a march in Noida after violence in Haryana. The march was carried out from Noida Stadium to DM's residence. In view of the Bajrang Dal's protest, security has been beefed up and a heavy police force has been deployed at the Noida stadium. The activists also demanded monetary aid to the kin of two members of its youth wing Bajrang Dal, who it claimed died in the clash.
"The attack (in Haryana's Nuh) led to the brutal killing of two workers of Bajrang Dal and two other common citizens. Vishva Hindu Parishad demands Rs 1 crore in compensation to the families of those killed and Rs 20 lakh each for the injured. We also demand full compensation to those whose vehicles and buses were destroyed," the VHP said in a statement. "Each and every person involved in the attack should be caught and given the strictest punishment so that in future these people can become an example so that anti-Hindu, anti-national terror can be stopped," the statement read.
"Ever since the violence started in Haryana, security has been stepped up across Noida and Greater Noida. Vigilance has been enhanced especially in areas which are communally sensitive. PRVs (police response vehicles) have been deployed in increased numbers on the ground and foot marches carried out by police personnel," Additional Commissioner of Police (law and order) Anand Kulkarni told PTI.
Activists staged protests in Delhi
Activists of Vishva Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal also staged protests at multiple places in the national capital today against the communal violence in Haryana's Nuh and Gurugram. The protest by VHP and Bajrang Dal also caused traffic jams in several parts of the city. Police have also beefed up security at sensitive places in Delhi in the wake of clashes neighbouring Haryana.
Major demonstration in Noida
Earlier, the right-wing organisation VHP had said that the activities will hold a "major demonstration" in Noida on August 2. “In the violence, hundreds of vehicles have been damaged and set on fire. Two police home guards have died, while pilgrims, Bajrang Dal workers have been injured,” VHP's Noida Mahanagar mantri Dinesh said on Tuesday.
Restrictions under CrPC section 144 are placed in Noida
Earlier on August 1, Rahul Dubey, VHP's publicity chief had informed that the march would start from the Noida stadium in Sector 21A towards Rajnigandha Chowk in Sector 16. He added that an effigy would be burnt here. The demonstration was carried out at a time when restrictions under CrPC section 144 are placed in Noida in the Gautam Buddh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. According to a report from PTI, the restrictions are in effect from July 20 till August 3.
Nuh violence
As of now, six people were killed and several others were reported injured in Nuh following violence that erupted over an attempt to stop a Vishva Hindu Parishad procession on Monday.
Following the violence in Nuh, mobs in Sohna set ablaze four vehicles and a shop. Moreover, on Tuesday, a mosque was attacked in the Sector 57 area of Gurugram, leading to the death of its naib imam.
