Mob kills cleric in Gurugram; two succumb to injuries, toll five

Mobs killed a cleric in a late night attack on a mosque, torched an eatery and vandalised shops as communal violence that began in Haryana's Nuh spilled over into Gurugram, taking the death toll to five, police said on Tuesday.

A mob set fire to an under-construction mosque in Gurugram's sector 57 and shot dead the naib imam past Monday midnight. And two more men succumbed to their injuries after the previous day's Nuh attack, which has claimed four lives.

Over 50 people, including 10 policemen, were injured in Mod in Nuh, a police officer said. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal called the attack a part of a larger conspiracy, while the Vishva Hindu Parishad demanded a probe by the National Investigation Agency.


Authorities clamped a curfew Tuesday morning in Nuh district. Security forces held flag marches in adjoining districts as well and several peace committee meetings were organised.

Hours after mobs targeted a Vishva Hindu Parishad procession - opening fire, pelting stones and torching cars at Khedla Mod in Nuh, rioters burnt vehicles and shops in Gurugram's Sohna town. No casualties were reported there as police dispersed the Sohna mob by 9 pm Monday. But past midnight, another group set fire to the under-construction Anjuman Masjid. The 26-year-old naib imam, Saad, and another man were injured as the mob opened fire. The imam, a native of Bihar, died in hospital, an official said. Five people were rounded up in connection with the attack on the mosque.