nThe police on Tuesday arrested five more persons in connection with the March 21 attack on a family belonging to the minority community in Gurugram's Dhamaspur village.
Police have arrested 10 persons in this regard and more people are likely to be arrested.
The arrested accused persons have been identified as Anil (33), Gaurav (23), Pradeep (28), Lalit (27) and Rohit (26) all are residents of Bhondsi village.
The "mastermind" of the attack, Mahesh Kumar (25) was arrested earlier. Dhirender, alias Dhire, and Amit were arrested on Sunday, while Dharmender and Sunil were nabbed on Monday. All are residents of the district's Naya Gaon village. Sunil has been a history-sheeter, he was jailed twice for brawls in 2014 and 2016.
"Two cases were registered against Anil in the past at the Badshahpur police station.
The police are conducting raids to arrest other suspects. Further probe is underway," said Himanshu Garg, DCP (South).
Five days after a mob barged into the home of Mohammad Sajid in Gurugram's Dhamaspur village and beat up him and his family members, allegedly telling them to go to Pakistan, the family said their children are in a state of shock they have stopped sending their children to school.
"Four of my children attend the government school close by, but we have not sent them there since Thursday. "Our children usually play with others from the neighbourhood. They go to each other's homes. But since this incident, we've been keeping our kids indoors," said Sajid.
Sajid's nephew Dilshad, who is also the complainant in the case, has not returned to work for the same reason.
"We hope that the rest of the accused persons will be brought to justice soon," he said.
On March 21, a mob had attacked the two-storey house of a man belonging to a minority community after a dispute over a cricket match.
They barged into the house of the victim, identified as Mohammad Sajid alias Shamshad, and beat up his family. The mob ordered the family to go to Pakistan.
Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav, who visited the family on Monday, condemned the attack on the family and said, "This type of violence can only happen when attackers have full reassurance that whatever we do, nobody will confront them." Haryana Pradesh Congress President Ashok Tanwar also visited the victim family.