Haryana Congress MLA Mamman Khan arrested in Nuh violence case

Haryana Congress MLA Mamman Khan was arrested late on Thursday in connection with the communal violence that rocked the state over a month ago, reported The Hindu.

He will produced in a district court in Nuh on Friday.

The authorities have imposed Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure banning the assembly of five or more people in Nuh following Khan’s arrest. The Rapid Action Force has also been deployed across the district, according to The Indian Express.

Clashes broke out on July 31 between Hindus and Muslims in Nuh during the Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra, a procession organised by the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. The violence soon spread beyond Nuh, with Gurugram, in particular, witnessing widespread arson and mob attacks on Muslim homes and shops.

Six persons – including two home guards, an imam at a mosque and a Bajrang Dal member – died in the violence.

Khan was arrested by a Special Investigation Team of the police hours after the state government told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that he had been “nominated” as an accused in one of the first information reports pertaining to the violence, reported PTI.

The Ferozepur Jhirka MLA, who had moved the court seeking protection from arrest, claimed that he was being framed in the case....

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