Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Wednesday said the Rajasthan Police is free to act against Bajrang Dal member Monu Manesar, booked in the February killing of two Muslim men and accused by some to be a trigger for the Nuh violence.
Khattar reminded that the last case against Manesar, a cow vigilante, was lodged by the Rajasthan Police.
At a press conference in Chandigarh, the chief minister while fielding questions on the communal violence in Nuh and Gurguram said, “The Rajasthan Police was looking for Monu Manesar. We do not have any input on where he is now. The Rajasthan Police is free to act against him." Khattar also said his government will provide any assistance they (Rajasthan Police) require to nab Manesar.
There were reports that Manesar, 30, was supposed to join the Vishva Hindu Parishad procession that was attacked in the Muslim-dominated Nuh on Monday.
Six people, including two home guards and a cleric, have died in the clashes that erupted in Nuh over an attempt to stop a Vishva Hindu Parishad procession and spread to Gurugram over the past two days.
A video of Manesar that he would join the Brij Mandal Jalabhishek procession in Nuh was widely circulated on social media.