14 Haryana panchayats decide to 'boycott Muslims' after clashes, inform police

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Fourteen villages across three districts in Haryana collectively wrote to the police and district administrations, informing them of their decision to "boycott members of the Muslim community"..

The 14 villages are from Mahendragarh, Jhajjar and Rewari, which were among the districts that were hit by the communal clashes that started on July 31 after a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) religious procession was attacked..

The panchayats took the decision "not to rent out houses and shops to people from the Muslim community" after the communal clashes and informed the authorities in Haryana through a letter...

The violence soon spread to Gurugram and other adjoining districts of Haryana and six people, including two home guards and an imam, were killed in the clashes...

As news of the violence in Muslim-dominated Nuh spread, mobs in the adjoining Gurugram district's Sohna set ablaze vehicles and a shop, apparently belonging to people from the minority community..

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