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Nuh Shobha Yatra Attack

On 31st July 2023, violence broke out in Haryana’s Nuh, Mewat district during the ‘Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra,’ organised by VHP where a pre-planned attack was unleashed by Islamists against thousands of Hindus participating in the Shobha Yatra.

This section contains full reports on the Nuh violence, ground reports by the OpIndia team, the chronology of violence, the FIRs filed, the stories of the victims and more.

News Reports

‘Masjid’ allegedly burnt down in Gurugram after Islamist violence was a disputed structure, construction was put on hold by courts: Details

OpIndia Staff - 1 August, 2023

According to the Sushant Lok Extension Residents Welfare Association, the land was originally earmarked for the construction of a police station as per the demand of the local residents.

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Nuh violence: How the media crafts a narrative to whitewash violence unleashed by Islamists and blame Hindus instead

Nupur J Sharma - 1 August, 2023

In essence, Monu Manesar was merely an excuse to unleash violence. The real problem was that thousands of Hindus had dared to enter a "Muslim area", as the Islamists call it, and therefore, their mere existence was a trigger that justifies the Muslim mob going on a rampage against Hindu devotees and their religious places.

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OpIndia Investigation: How Islamists used social media to plan the violence 2 days before Nuh attack and mobilised a mob against Hindu religious...

OpIndia Staff - 1 August, 2023

Islamists instigated their followers on social media with inflammatory posts asking them to attack Hindu processions.

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Mewat Riots: Sweets seller Shakti Saini murdered in Nuh, mob dragged him from his shop and threw his body at the square: Details

राहुल पाण्डेय - 1 August, 2023

Violence broke out in Haryana's Nuh on Monday, 31st July 2023, during the Jalabhishek Yatra taken out by Hindu organisations.

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‘Jihadis pelted stones, indulged in riots, arson, and rained bullets on Lord Shiv pilgrims’: Bajrang Dal calls for a protest against Nuh violence

OpIndia Staff - 1 August, 2023

Bajrang Dal said Islamic jihadis pelted stones, indulged in violence, arson, and rained bullets on pilgrims of Shiv temple.

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Nuh violence: Hindus trapped in temple amid stone pelting by Islamists rescued and escorted home, confirms police

OpIndia Staff - 1 August, 2023

The Police also informed that FIRs are being registered in the matter and that strict action against the stone pelters will be taken. Tensions erupted in several parts of Haryana after stones were pelted at the Jalabhishek Yatra in the Muslim-majority region of Nuh, Mewat.

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