Toll in Haryana communal violence rises to five; 11 FIRs registered, 27 people detained

A mosque was attacked in the Sector 57 area of Gurugram, leading to the death of a man and taking the toll in the violence that erupted over an attempt to stop a Vishva Hindu Parishad procession in Nuh district to five, police said on Tuesday.Authorities on Tuesday imposed a curfew in Nuh where two home guards were killed and many others, including several policemen, injured on Monday, as Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij alleged that the violence was "engineered".In Gurugram, a 26-year-old man was killed and a mosque set ablaze in Sector 57 as the violence spread from neighbouring Nuh, the police said."The mob opened fire in which two persons were injured. One of them died during treatment. The victim has been identified as Saad," a native of Bihar, a senior officer said.According to the police, the mob reached the Anjuman Masjid in Sector 57 after midnight.Some people in the crowd opened fire at the people present in the mosque and also set it ablaze.In Nuh, two more people injured in the violence on Monday succumbed to their injuries. The victims are home guards Neeraj and Gursewak and Bhadas village resident Shakti. The identity of the fourth victim is still to be ascertained.Ten policemen were among 23 injured in the violence in Nuh. The police have registered 11 FIRs in the district and detained 27 people in connection with the rioting.At least 120 vehicles were damaged during the violence in the district. Of these, 50, including eight belonging to the police, were set ablaze.Vij told reporters in Ambala that the incident in Nuh does not appear to have happened all of a sudden."The level of violence that took place and also occurred at different points, the way stones were collected, weapons brandished, shots fired, it does not appear to have happened all of a sudden," said Vij.Both communities live peacefully there, he said and claimed somebody who wanted to disturb peace in the state and the country engineered or masterminded the incident.Stating that his primary objective is to bring the situation under control and maintain peace, Vij said he has asked the officials concerned to investigate the incident thoroughly."After investigation, whatever comes up, nobody will be spared," he said.The Haryana minister added that forces from neighbouring Palwal, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Jhajjar and Rewari districts were sent after violence erupted in Nuh."Today forces from other parts of Haryana are being sent," he said.Vij further said he has spoken to Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla and the state has been allotted 20 companies of central forces. If need arises to airlift forces from any far-off place, the Indian Air Force has been asked to be on standby.Some companies of central forces have already reached Nuh, he further said and added that an alert has been sounded in other districts as well.