The devotees were part of the Brijmandal Jalabhishek Yatra, a religious procession organised by the right-wing Vishva Hindu Parishad. There are conflicting versions of what happened on that fateful afternoon in Nuh, which is a two-hour drive from Delhi. He says the violence, which was unprovoked, escalated in no time: the mob set vehicles ablaze and opened fire on the devotees. “They damaged vehicles and smashed windowpanes while we struggled to pull out women and children from the buses,” Ajit says. The police were mobilised from the neighbouring districts of Faridabad, Gurugram, and Palwal to rescue the people inside the temple.

Source: The Hindu August 05, 2023 10:43 UTC