GURUGRAM: A mob of around 200 people attacked Muslims on Wednesday who were worshipping inside a mosque in the Gurugram village of India, ransacked the building, and threatened the Muslims to throw them out of the village.
Although an FIR has been registered in police station after the incident but no arrests were made until Thursday night. There are only four Muslim families’ homes in the entire village of Bhora Kalan, claims a complaint made by Subedar Najar Mohammad. According to him, the disturbance started on Wednesday morning when a group of 200 people, allegedly led by Rajesh Chauhan alias Babu, Anil Bhadoria, and Sanjay Vyas, encircled the mosque and went inside to threatened namazis with expulsion from the village.
“In the night again, when we were praying inside the prayer hall in the mosque, the mob came and assaulted the namazis and even locked the prayer hall. They also threatened to kill us,” the Subedar said in his complaint, according to police.
According to police officials the accused fled by the time police reached to the incident spot. Police have recovered a mobile phone from the incident spot which according to police may belong to any attackers from the mob.
Police have now registered an FIR against Rajesh Chauhan, Anil Bhadoria, Sanjay Vyas and several others under charges of rioting, trying to cause religious strife, and unlawful assembly at Bilaspur Police Station.
“As per the complaint, an FIR has been registered and we are verifying the facts. Action will be taken as per the law,” said senior police officer Gajender Singh, the investigating officer.
