91% of Nuh violence cases lack independent, corroborating evidence for arrests: Report

Eighty-one out of the 89 cases pertaining to the communal violence in Haryana’s Nuh in July 2023 and August 2023 lacked any independent or corroborating evidence for arrests, according to court orders, a report by the People’s Union for Democratic Rights said on Monday.

Violence broke out between the Hindu and Muslim communities during the Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra on July 31, 2023, leading to the death of two home guards and injuries to at least 15 others, including several police personnel.

The clash sparked in Nuh soon spread to other areas of Haryana. The same night, a mob had attacked a mosque in Gurugram and killed its naib imam. A naib imam is the deputy to the imam of the mosque.

At least six persons were killed and several others injured in the immediate aftermath of the violence.

The police filed 60 first information reports pertaining to the violence across seven police stations, in which 441 arrests were made till June.

Between August 2023 and June 2024, a team of right group People’s Union for Democratic Rights conducted four fact-finding visits to Nuh town and its adjoining villages to assess the aftermath of the violence.

The team spoke to several groups, including those released on bail and families of those who...

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