Communal clashes broke out in Nuh on Monday afternoon after a religious procession passing through the district came under attack, leaving two home guards dead and dozens of people — including around 20 policemen — injured in the frenzy of violence that followed.
The Nuh episode triggered mob attacks in parts of Palwal, Faridabad and Gurgaon, the most severe of them in the city’s south as houses and businesses of members of one community were targeted by another in Sohna in a rampage that saw several vehicles being set on fire and stone-pelting mobs daring cops to stop them.
With a swirl of videos and forwards on social media fanning tension, the Haryana government suspended internet and SMS services in Nuh and internet in Faridabad till August 2.