The curfew in Haryana's violence-hit Nuh district will be lifted for the movement of the public from 9 am to 1 PM on Sunday as part of the attempt to restore normalcy.
Haryana Police stopped a four-member CPI delegation from visiting violence-affected villages in Nuh district, citing prohibitions under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) that are in place in those villages and security concerns for the delegation
The curfew in Haryana's Nuh district was lifted for the movement of the public from 9 am to 12 noon on Sunday. In an attempt to restore normalcy curfew will be relaxed in Nuh further on Monday, August 7 as well.
After a four-member delegation of the Communist Party of India (CPI) was stopped from entering Nuh district, MP Binoy Viswam slammed the police for preventing them to visit violence-hit areas in Haryana, adding that hooligans, goons and fascists are allowed to roam freely in the state.
As many as 141 people have been arrested and 55 FIRs registered in connection with the violence and rioting at Haryana's Nuh district on Monday, the police informed on Friday.
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij said that so far 102 FIRs have been registered, 202 people arrested and 80 people detained in connection with the violence in Nuh district, adding that the government has formed a special committee that includes members from the IT Cell to monitor social media.
Nuh SP, Varun Singla, has been transferred and posted to Bhiwani. IPS Narender Bijarniya would now be the full-time SP of Nuh district, as per an order issued by the Home Department late on Thursday night.
On the eleventh day of the ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament, Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Gupta on Thursday sought to bring the violence in Haryana's Nuh district to the notice of the Upper House.
Members of Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Wednesday staged protests in several parts of the national capital against the violence that broke out in the Nuh district of neighbouring Haryana.