For an area which has never been affected by communal violence in the past, the continuing impasse in Mewat is a threat to communal harmony in this part of Haryana. Assembly elections due later this year, the Deputy Commissioner Ramesh Chander Verma has written to the state government seeking permanent deployment of central paramilitary forces in the area.
For the first time, efforts are on to find a solution to the communal tangle of the Meo-Muslim dominated Mewat district as union minister Rao Inderjit Singh proposed to permanently station army or para-military detachments in the district on Thursday.
The clash arose after a 22 years old man was crushed by a dumper while traveling on a motorcycle with a fellow rider. The local residents and the people, who witnessed the accident lost their cool and assaulted the driver and his assistant. After the accident, even the police were unable to stop the mob.
Gurgaon MP and Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh told timesofindia.com that he has demanded that the paramilitary forces should be permanently stationed in Mewat after he met the fear stricken residents of the area.
Yogendra Yadav of the Aam Aadmi Party was the only politician meeting people from both communities to work out a peace formula.
Though the administration has lifted day time curfew traders have refused to open their shops until all illegal arms and ammunition are recovered.