Key Points
Sources say Haryana's intelligence had prior inputs on the possibilities of violence in Haryana's Nuh and Gurugram, which has now pointed fingers at intelligence failure..
Sources also say the Muslim community was against the Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra following the claims made by Monu Manesar, a cow vigilante booked earlier for the murder of two Muslim men whose charred bodies were found in Bhiwani district in February...
Though Haryana's Home Minister Anil Vij said an adequate number of cops were sent from other districts, they took time to reach the riot-hit areas...
Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda termed the riots an 'administrative failure' and appealed to the people to maintain calm and peace.. Hooda also said only home guards were deployed despite there being inputs that the yatra could lead to tensions and violence...
Had preventive measures been taken, this may not have happened" Hooda said.. Hooda said he personally does not think that Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khatter was individually responsible, but this was the failure of the administrative machinery and the government as a whole...
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