A man accused in the communal clashes that erupted in Haryana's Nuh District, was shot in the leg by the police during an encounter on Tuesday. The encounter took place in Tauru area of the district. This is the second case of a police encounter in the last one week in the violence-hit district of Nuh.
On August 10, two suspected rioters involved in the communal clashes in Haryana's Nuh were arrested after a brief encounter in which one of the accused was shot in the leg. The duo who were trying to flee on a bike fell down after one of them was shot in the leg, police said. A country made pistol, one cartridge and a motorcycle were recovered from their possession, they said.
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According to the police, so far 60 FIRs have been registered in the Braj Mandal violence case and 264 accused have been arrested. Eleven people have been booked for spreading rumours on social media and one accused has been arrested.
Earlier on Monday, five accused wanted in connection with the July 31 communal violence were "handed over" to police by residents of Singar village following repeated appeals by police and administration.
"On Sunday night, former sarpanch Hanif, Altaf, Ibrahim Chaudhary, Tayyab, former chairman, Sakit and other villagers from Singar reached Bichhor police station and handed over five accused identified as Juber, Salman, Ansar, Rafiq and Abu Bakar to the police," a police spokesperson said.
