By Imran Ahmed Siddiqui / The Telegraph
Hindutva groups led by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Sunday said that a religious procession would be taken out on Monday in Haryana’s Nuh district that witnessed large-scale communal violence last month in which six people were killed.
Haryana police have denied permission for the procession.
In the wake of the call for the “Shobha Yatra”, the Haryana government had already ordered the suspension of mobile Internet for three days from August 26 to August 28, fearing the spread of rumours through social media ahead of or during the rally.
Local VHP leaders on Sunday announced that the yatra would start from the Nalhar Mahadev Mandir at 11am on Monday and head to several temples in the area before concluding at 4pm.
Haryana’s additional director-general of police (law and order) Mamta Singh said arrangements had been made to prevent any untoward incident.
Sources said 1,900 Haryana police personnel, besides 24 companies of paramilitary forces, had been deployed. “No outsider will be allowed to enter Nuh. All entry points to the district have been sealed. The road leading to the Nalhar temple has also been closed,” said a police officer.
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