March 8, 2012 8:41 PM

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Jats protest turned violent in Haryana

In Haryana, the protest for reservation for Jats in OBC turned violent in Narnound this evening. The administrtation has deployed Rapid Action Force in some pockets of Narnound. The force took flagmarch to control the situation. Educational institutions in Narnound will remain close l tomorrow. The Police has registered a case against the RAF jawan at Hansi Police station, who has fired and killed a young boy of Mayyer village on Tuesday during clash between police and protesters.The agitators destroyed a factory at Mayyer and pelted stones on Police at Gajuwala in Fatehabad. The situation is said to be tense at Gajuwala. The agitators also jammed link roads and national highways at Panipat, Jind and Hisar including Rohtak-Panipat road. According to Deputy Commissioner Hisar Amit Kumar Aggarwal all the national Highways have been cleared except a road at Bhainimiyakhurd where protesters were told to cut the trees to jam the road.Meanwhile, Khap leaders have called meeting at Jind tomorrow to decide further course of action on the issue of reservation. Haryana DGP Ranjiv Dalal has appealed to the elderly people to cooperate in maintaining the law and order and persuade the youngsters not to take law in their hands. The protesters are also demanding cancellation of cases against people registered during similar agitation last year and release of all the arrested people and their leaders by on Friday.

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