Gurugram Police Commissioner Kala Ramachandran on Thursday said the interrogation of the accused arrested in connection with the communal clashes in the city did not suggest that the violence was planned in advance.
“The interrogation so far does not suggest that the violence was pre-planned. For instance, in one case, a group of young men resorted to violence after getting inebriated,” Ms. Ramachandran said, addressing a press conference here.
Incidents of violence were reported from the city hours after the Vishwa Hindu Parishad held a religious procession in the neighbouring Nuh district on July 31. Over the following days, six persons died, several were left injured, and a large number of families fled as communal clashes spread across parts of south Haryana.
Ms. Ramachandran said 37 FIRs had been registered in connection with the violence, in which 79 people were arrested and 93 taken into custody under various preventive sections of the law. Of those taken into preventive custody, 80 are out on bail.
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