4 nabbed for firing at mosque

Our correspondent

Gurugram, April 6

The Gurugram police have nabbed four persons for firing at a mosque in Dhankot village on Sunday. The accused confessed of being disturbed by the Covid -19 spread through Jamaatis and eventual evacuation of Tablighis from the mosque. They claimed that they wanted to save any further threat to the city and had gone to check if anyone was hiding in the mosque and fired as they could not open the door.

The accused attributed their fears to various social media posts being circulated about Jamaatis from Dhankot. All four were produced in a court and were sent into judicial custody. The accused have been identified as Vinod (40), Pawan, alias Fighter (41), Aalam Khan (39), and Harkesh (18).

“The accused revealed that they were sitting and discussing about Covid-19 and found many posts about Tablighi on social media that how they were contributing to the increase of corona cases in the country. Soon, they decided to raid a mosque and check if any more Jamaatis were being harboured. They banged the gates and tried to break it open but when failed, they fired twice and fled,” said ACP, Crime, Preet Pal Singh Sangwan.