Stones hurled, cars set ablaze during religious procession in Haryana's Nuh
Gurugram/Chandigarh, Jul 31: Stones were pelted and cars set on fire during a religious procession in Haryana's Nuh adjoining Gurugram on Monday, police said.
Police lobbed teargas shells to disperse crowds. Tension gripped the area and prohibitory orders banning assembly of people were clamped in the entire district.
Mobile internet services were suspended till Wednesday to contain the "intense communal tension", the Haryana government said.
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij said the government has despatched additional forces from neighbouring districts. "We are also trying to send forces by helicopter," he told PTI.
According to police, Vishwa Hindu Parishad's 'Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra' was stopped by a group of young men near Khedla Mod in Nuh, and stones pelted at the procession. At least four cars, part of the procession, were set on fire.
Some police vehicles were also damaged.
People in the procession hurled stones back at the youths who had stopped them, reports said.
Police said some people were injured but were not immediately able to give the numbers.
The yatra was flagged off earlier from Gurugram's Civil Lines by BJP district president Gargi Kakkar. A police contingent was deployed with the procession.
According to some claims, the trigger for the clash was an objectionable video posted on social media by a Bajrang Dal activist in Ballabhgarh. There were also reports that Monu Manesar, a cow vigilante wanted in the murder of two Muslim men in Rajasthan, was supposed to join the procession.
The yatra was flagged off earlier from Gurugram's Civil Lines by BJP district president Gargi Kakkar. A police contingent was deployed with the procession.
Home Minister Vij said he is in regular touch with senior officials.
"Our first priority is to bring situation under control. We are appealing to all to maintain peace," Vij said.
The home minister said that he also spoke to the director general of police, additional chief secretary, and other senior officials.
Over 2500 people have taken shelter in the Nulhar Mahadev temple in Nuh of Haryana near Gurugram after they came under attack. Stones thrown, cars set on fire and mob violence in progress. Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra was being held by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and suddenly… pic.twitter.com/E2UziezIL3
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
