Jat anger singes Haryana
HISAR: Haryana was on the boil on Tuesday with scores of vehicles, a bank, a cotton ginning factory, a police post, among others, torched in several towns of the state by agitating Jat community members seeking reservation under Other Backward Caste ( OBC) category. Hisar bore the brunt of the violent agitation and curfew had to be imposed in the city even as the Army was called in to rein in the protesters.
Two protesters were killed while they were attempting to stop a goods train at Uklana railway station in Jind district in the morning. This triggered a violent reaction when protesters tried to set the railway station on fire. The agitation also spread to Rohtak, Jind, Bhiwani, Sirsa and Fatehabad with mobs blocking several roads connecting the affected towns.
Violent protests were primarily sparked off on Tuesday after a Jat youth was killed in police firing in Hisar in the wake of a clash between Jat community members and police on Monday following a meeting convened by All India Jat Sangarsh Samiti ( AIJSS) in Mayyar village to press for their reservation demand.
Traffic on the Hisar- Delhi National Highway-10 was suspended. Mobs torched a State Bank of India branch at Hisar Cantonment, building of a cooperative bank in Agroha town and HP cotton mill as well as two buses of the company.
A petrol pump, which was lying closed, was also damaged by the mob in Hansi, police said, adding that an attempt had also been made by the mob to set a petrol pump afire in Agroha.
A police post was torched at Bhiwani even as the protesters, at many places in Hisar, Rohtak, Jind and Bhiwani districts, blocked most of the highways and approach roads. The mob damaged a railway halt in Kalwan village of Jind district and uprooted a rail track, burnt down a railway room and also damaged a railway crossing. (the times of india)
Two protesters were killed while they were attempting to stop a goods train at Uklana railway station in Jind district in the morning. This triggered a violent reaction when protesters tried to set the railway station on fire. The agitation also spread to Rohtak, Jind, Bhiwani, Sirsa and Fatehabad with mobs blocking several roads connecting the affected towns.
Violent protests were primarily sparked off on Tuesday after a Jat youth was killed in police firing in Hisar in the wake of a clash between Jat community members and police on Monday following a meeting convened by All India Jat Sangarsh Samiti ( AIJSS) in Mayyar village to press for their reservation demand.
Traffic on the Hisar- Delhi National Highway-10 was suspended. Mobs torched a State Bank of India branch at Hisar Cantonment, building of a cooperative bank in Agroha town and HP cotton mill as well as two buses of the company.
A petrol pump, which was lying closed, was also damaged by the mob in Hansi, police said, adding that an attempt had also been made by the mob to set a petrol pump afire in Agroha.
A police post was torched at Bhiwani even as the protesters, at many places in Hisar, Rohtak, Jind and Bhiwani districts, blocked most of the highways and approach roads. The mob damaged a railway halt in Kalwan village of Jind district and uprooted a rail track, burnt down a railway room and also damaged a railway crossing. (the times of india)
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