Haryana violence: Nuh SP Varun Singla transferred, IPS Narendra Bijarniya replaces him

NEW DELHI: Three days after violence in Haryana's Nuh district, superintendent of police (SP) Varun Singla was transferred on Thursday late night, and made the SP of Bhiwani.


Singla was on leave during the communal clashes.

According to a government order by additional chief secretary (Home) T V S N Prasad, Narendra Bijarniya, who was holding the additional charge in Singla's absence, will be the new SP of Nuh.

The order said, Singla, at present SP Nuh, has been transferred and posted as SP, Bhiwani. Bijarniya, SP, Bhiwani, who was also functioning as OSD to Additional DGP (law and order), in addition to his present duties to assist her in maintaining the law and order situation in Nuh and surrounding areas, has been transferred and posted as SP, Nuh.

Six people, including two home guards, died in the clashes that erupted in Nuh.

Stating that anyone found responsible for the communal clashes will not be spared, T V S N Prasad on Thursday claimed that the situation is fast returning to normal in the state. He also said a centre of the Rapid Action Force, CRPF's anti-riot unit, will soon be set up in Nuh.

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