Major incidents of violence in Haryana in last 10 years

On June 8, 2014, a road accident in Tauru town of Mewar district led to one casualty which later ignited communal violence. The violence was triggered after a man named Danvir was killed in an accident. He was riding a motorcycle that crashed into a dumper in Tauru. The driver and the cleaner of the dumper ran away from the spot. Since the victim of the accident and the alleged culprits were from different religions, communal riots ignited.

The incident in Ballabgarh’s Atali village took place on May 25, 2015. The cause of the violence was a dispute over a mosque in the village. The Hindu community claimed that the property belonged to the village panchayat while the Muslim community said the land was a part of the Haryana Waqf board. In the clash, a mob of over 2,000 people attacked the village with swords, bricks, and fire as weapons, targeting Muslims. Shops were burned and looted.

In 2016, a violent protest was triggered by the protest by the Jat community over reservation demands in five cities in Haryana. The cities had to be put under curfew. The reason behind the protest is targeted to demand reservation in government jobs and education, which engulfed the state. As per the reports, seven people were killed in police firing in Jhajjar town after security forces opened fire at rampaging protesters.

Later, protestors also reached Delhi and surrounding areas. A group of people protested outside Delhi University's North Campus, while some protesters blocked the NH1 at the Delhi-Sonipat border.

After the conviction of the Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim in a rape case, the supporters of the religious leader led a series of violent protests across Haryana and several districts of Punjab. The protest led to damage of properties and revenue loss of over Rs 118 crores.