- Title: Demolition drive held in India’s Haryana after procession attacked
- Date: 5th August 2023
- Summary: NUH, HARYANA, INDIA (AUGUST 05, 2023) (ANI - No use India) VARIOUS OF POLICE PERSONNEL ON GUARD VARIOUS OF BULLDOZERS DEMOLISHING SHOPS SECURITY PERSONNEL ON GUARD BULLDOZER DEMOLISHING SHOP ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS SUPERVISING DEMOLITION DRIVE POLICE PERSONNEL, LOCALS, REPORTERS STANDING BULLDOZER DEMOLISHING ENCROACHMENT DRONE HOVERING IN SKY BULLDOZER DEMOLISHING SHOP (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) SHOP OWNER, MUSHTAQ AHMED, SAYING: "We don't know why it (Mushtaq's shop) has been demolished. Ours was not an illegal one. It is my own shop and the land as well. Nobody else owns it. I am running the shop for the past 12 years and I have at least 40 lakh rupees ($4,837) worth of belongings inside. REPORTER ASKING: What kind of shop did you own? It is a medical store…the shop's name is 'Mewat Medical Store' and we have just been informed 15 minutes ago that the shop is being demolished." VARIOUS OF BULLDOZER DEMOLISHING SHOPS POLICE PERSONNEL PUSHING AWAY MAN FROM GOING NEAR SHOP (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) NUH SUB-DIVISIONAL MAGISTRATE, ASHWANI KUMAR, SAYING: "The encroachment was spread in 2.5 acres (1 hectare) and out of these 45 were concrete structures and 15 were temporary structures and all these were built illegally…and they were also found connected to the recent violence, which is why on the orders of Manohar Lal Khattar (Chief Minister of Haryana), we've demolished them." VARIOUS OF BULLDOZERS DEMOLISHING SHOPS SHOPS REMAINS LYING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
- Embargoed: 19th August 2023 10:40
- Keywords: Gurugram Haryana Hindu India Muslim Nuh communal clashes demolition drive police security violence
- Location: NUH, HARYANA, INDIA
- City: NUH, HARYANA, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA001IN2D6J3
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Local authorities in India's northern state of Haryana have begun demolishing what they term illegal houses and shops that were allegedly used in an attack on a Hindu procession earlier this week that sparked deadly Hindu-Muslim clashes across the state.
The violence erupted in the Nuh district on Monday and quickly spilled over into adjoining areas, including the business hub Gurugram, which neighbours New Delhi and where some vehicles, a mosque, and some scrap shops were torched, and several eateries were vandalised.
Seven people died in the clashes, including two police personnel.
Bulldozers rammed and demolished at least 45 shops, most of which were medical stores, as shop owners struggled to get their belongings. According to officials, the encroachments were stretched out up to 2.5 acres.
The violence brought to the fore Hindu-Muslim tensions brewing in the region since 2015, a year after the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) captured power nationally and in Haryana. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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