Jat Protester Killed

The common man has the right to kill criminals, Haryana's police chief has said in remarks that are certain to be misread as supportive of vigilantism.

Violence continued in different parts of Haryana, particularly Rohtak and Jind, as protesters demanding reservation in jobs and education for the Jat community set fire to police vehicles, buses, hotels and a mall. Despite a curfew and Army presence, protesters continued violence in Rohtak setting a petrol pump on fire.

Army was today called in for deployment in eight districts of Haryana after one person was killed and 21 were injured in police action as Jat stir for quota turned violent and the rampaging mobs set ablaze the house of state's Finance Minister besides several government and private properties.

The Jats, demanding quota in government jobs, seemed to have relented a bit on their stand with the protesters lifting their sit-ins on various roads, including Hisar-Delhi and Hisar-Chandigarh national highways.

Jats, who are seeking quotas in government jobs, are likely to intensify their agitation after the Haryana government refused to release nearly 100 leaders of the community who were arrested for violent protests.

The agitating Jats, demanding job quota for them, on Thursday, served an ultimatum asking Haryana government to unconditionally release by tomorrow all those who had been taken into custody during the movement.

Tension ran high in this Haryana district as members of the Jat community, seeking quotas in government jobs, blocked the national highway to Delhi and railway tracks on Wednesday, a day after a youth was killed in police firing.

One person was killed and several others injured as police opened fire on protesters demanding quota for Jat community under OBC category who later went on a rampage, damaging vehicles and rail track and vandalising public property at Mayyar village on Monday.The activists belonging to 'Jat Aarakshan Sangarsh Samiti' had blocked the road traffic on...

The common man has the right to kill criminals, Haryana's police chief has said in remarks that are certain to be misread as supportive of vigilantism.

Violence continued in different parts of Haryana, particularly Rohtak and Jind, as protesters demanding reservation in jobs and education for the Jat community set fire to police vehicles, buses, hotels and a mall. Despite a curfew and Army presence, protesters continued violence in Rohtak setting a petrol pump on fire.

Army was today called in for deployment in eight districts of Haryana after one person was killed and 21 were injured in police action as Jat stir for quota turned violent and the rampaging mobs set ablaze the house of state's Finance Minister besides several government and private properties.

The Jats, demanding quota in government jobs, seemed to have relented a bit on their stand with the protesters lifting their sit-ins on various roads, including Hisar-Delhi and Hisar-Chandigarh national highways.

Jats, who are seeking quotas in government jobs, are likely to intensify their agitation after the Haryana government refused to release nearly 100 leaders of the community who were arrested for violent protests.

The agitating Jats, demanding job quota for them, on Thursday, served an ultimatum asking Haryana government to unconditionally release by tomorrow all those who had been taken into custody during the movement.

Tension ran high in this Haryana district as members of the Jat community, seeking quotas in government jobs, blocked the national highway to Delhi and railway tracks on Wednesday, a day after a youth was killed in police firing.

One person was killed and several others injured as police opened fire on protesters demanding quota for Jat community under OBC category who later went on a rampage, damaging vehicles and rail track and vandalising public property at Mayyar village on Monday.The activists belonging to 'Jat Aarakshan Sangarsh Samiti' had blocked the road traffic on...