Jat quota row: One killed, 10 injured as protest turns violent

At least one person was killed and 10 injured in police firing on Jat protestors in Haryana's Rohtak town on Friday afternoon, official sources said here.

The police fired as the protestors attacked the residence of the inspector general of police and that of a state minister, BJP leader Anil Jain said.

The protestors also torched police and private vehicles in Rohtak as the agitation took a violent turn on the sixth day.

The injured people were rushed to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Rohtak, police said.
 

Life in Haryana was hit as the Jat agitation for quotas moved to various parts of Haryana after talks between community leaders and the government failed to break the impasse, even as prohibitory orders were clamped in Rohtak, banning assembly of five or more persons.

Protesters blocked roads in many places in Panipat which also affected movement of vehicles towards Uttar Pradesh. Rail and road traffic were the worst hit in the Rohtak-Jhajjar region.

The protesting Jats are demanding reservation for the community in jobs and educational institutions.