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Haldwani where Islamists rioted, destroyed temple to usurp land and forced Hindus to live in fear: Some disturbing facts OpIndia uncovered last year
This was, however, not the first time that tensions have flared in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. Radical Islamists have targeted this place earlier too
Haldwani violence: The mob took out petrol from parked motorbikes to make petrol bombs for the attack
According to reports, rioters extracted petrol from motorcycles parked on the roads and used it to make petrol bombs for the Haldwani attack
‘The attack on police and journalists was pre-planned’, says journalist Mukesh Singh who was injured in Haldwani mob violence
The journalist further added that the colony where the demolition exercise was undertaken is illegal. He said that action taken by the authorities against the illegally constructed madarsa-mosque on government land was in compliance with the Uttarakhand High Court order.
‘Stones pelted from roofs, they barged into house where we took shelter, wanted to burn us alive’: Woman police officer narrates Haldwani horror by...
The violence against police officials by a rioting mob left more than three hundred police officials injured in Haldwani
Haldwani violence: Islamists ‘planned attack’ simultaneously while seeking stay on demolition, mob unleashed violence in 3 stages, tried to burn cops alive. Details
"It was planned that when the demolition drive will be held, we will attack the forces and we will try to demoralise the state machinery," the DM said.
