Here are the Top 10 updates on the Bharat Bandh called by anti-reservation groups:
In Bihar's Ara town, around 70 km from state capital Patna, more than a dozen people were injured in clashes between Bharat Bandh supporters and a pro-reservation group, comprising Dalits and backward castes. The police used batons to bring the situation under control. Additional security has been deployed in the town.
In Patna, Begusarai, Lakhisarai, Muzafffarpur, Bhojpur, Sheikhpura, Nawada and Darbhanga, hundreds of men blocked roads, halted trains and forcibly closed markets.
In Uttar Pradesh, internet services were suspended in Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli and Hapur. In Firozabad district, the administration asked schools to remain closed as a precautionary measure. Extra security forces were deployed in some districts, sources said.
In Uttarakhand, prohibitory orders banning large gatherings were imposed in Nainital. The district administration also banned processions and protests, saying "strict action will be taken against law breakers".
Madhya Pradesh - where eight people died during last week's Bharat Bandh - was placed under tight security blanket. Large gatherings were banned by the police in 12 districts and state capital Bhopal till 6 pm. In the violence-hit Gwalior-Chambal region, 6,000 policemen were deployed till April 15 and internet was switched off till 10 pm today. Curfew was declared in Bhind till April 11.
In various towns of Rajasthan - another state that saw widespread violence last week - the state government suspended cellphone internet and imposed prohibitory orders. Extra security was put in place for state capital Jaipur, Alwar, where a man died last week, and Bharatpur. The police said they held meetings with community liaison groups and traders.
Last evening, the Union home ministry advised all states to strengthen security after intelligence inputs regarding today's Bharat bandh. While calls for the strike were circulated on social media, no group came forward to make it official. The ministry advisory said district magistrates and police chiefs will be held personally responsible for any violence in areas under their control.
On April 2, widespread violence flared up across five states as Dalit groups called for a Bharat bandh in protest against a Supreme Court order, which, they said, weakened a law meant for their protection.
Violence was reported from Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab and Jharkhand. Nearly a dozen people died -- six of them in Madhya Pradesh, two in Uttar Pradesh and one in Rajasthan.
The Centre filed an appeal in the Supreme Court, asking it to review its order regarding the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and put a freeze on it meanwhile. The court, however, refused to put on hold its order, which stopped the immediate arrest of anyone accused under the law, saying its aim was to "protect innocents".
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