IEP Chandigarh, August 2
While describing the Nuh incident as unfortunate, Haryana Chief Minister, Sh Manohar Lal appealed the people not to pay any heed to the rumours and maintain social harmony. Every aspect of the incident is being thoroughly investigated and action will be taken against those found guilty in this matter as per the law.Sh Manohar Lal was addressing a press conference here today. While replying to a query, the Chief Minister said that maintaining social security and peace is the foremost priority of the State Government. The Director General of Police, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), CID and ADGP, Law and Order have been sent to Nuh and they are constantly monitoring the situation. There is no need to constitute a SIT in this case, he maintained. In response to another question, the Chief Minister said that it is the collective responsibility of all to maintain social harmony and brotherhood and efforts should be made to resolve this problem by rising above politics. He urged all the political parties to not to politicize the issue and said that if they want to give any suggestion in this matter, the same would be considered. In reply to yet another question, the Chief Minister said that a close vigil is also being kept on social media and added that strict action would be taken against those found making hate speeches. He said that data of people spreading misleading propaganda on social media is also being collected and action would be taken against them as per the Cyber Law. Apart from this, records of CCTV cameras and the dump data of calls is also being examined. With the help of CCTV cameras, 116 people have been arrested in the incident while 90 people have been detained, he added. While responding to a query regarding Monu Manesar, the Chief Minister said he is wanted by the Rajasthan Police in a case. When asked about the situation in Nuh, Sh Manohar Lal said that at present we have 20 companies of central paramilitary forces, out of which 14 have been deployed in Nuh, 3 in Palwal, 2 in Faridabad and 1 in Gurugram. Apart from this, 3 additional companies of Paramilitary Forces have been sought from the Centre. He said that in order to prevent the re-occurrence of such an incident, a battalion of IRB consisting of around 1000 personnel would be permanently deployed at Nuh so that any untoward incident could be immediately dealt with. Besides, while further widening the scope of the Police Enforcement Bureau, it has been decided to entrust the Bureau with the responsibility of cow protection in Nuh. Hundred police personnel would be dedicatedly deployed for this purpose, he added. He said that six people have lost their lives in this unfortunate incident, including two Home Guard jawans and four civilians. He said that the families of the deceased would be given a compensation of Rs 57 lakh each as per the policy. On this occasion, Additional Chief Secretary and Financial Commissioner, Revenue and Disaster Management and Consolidation Departments, Sh Rajesh Khullar, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Sh T.V.S.N. Prasad and other senior officers were also present.
