VHP, Bajrang Dal protest across Delhi against Nuh violence

Members of Hindutva bodies Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal held protests across Delhi on Wednesday against the communal violence that erupted in Haryana’s Nuh and spread to neighbouring districts.

The protests caused traffic jams in some areas, including Vikas Marg which connects east Delhi to the central parts of the city.

The violence began in Nuh on Monday afternoon after Hindu devotees who were part of the Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra clashed with Muslims after their procession was allegedly stopped near the Khedla Mod.

Four persons, including two home guards, were killed in Nuh, where Hindu devotees clashed with Muslims after their procession was stopped. In Gurugram, a mob burnt down a mosque and killed its 19-year-old naib imam. A naib imam is the deputy to the imam of the mosque.

The protests took place as initial reports of the violence had suggested that for several hours, Hindu devotees participating in the procession were stranded in a temple complex, surrounded by a violent mob.

However, when Scroll visited the temple on Tuesday, the head priest, Deepak Sharma, said that although the atmosphere was tense on Monday afternoon, the police had managed to keep the mob “at least a kilometre away”.

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