BackProtest over Jat quota in Rohtak turns violent, one killed
Haryana Police says security personnel had to open fire to control a mob that tried to set the house of the state finance minister on fire
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Rohtak (Haryana): One person was killed and 21 others were injured when a protest by Jats for quota turned violent, prompting security personnel to open fire on the rampaging mobs who attacked the house of the state finance minister besides indulging in arson.
The Haryana DGP said the army has been called in to control the situation. The protestors who had gathered at Rohtak by-pass of Delhi-Hissar National Highway turned violent and allegedly attacked police vehicles.
The security personnel deployed there had to use force, including firing, to control the mob which also attacked nearby private residence of Haryana finance minister Abhimanyu.
A car parked outside the house was also set on fire by the mob, who also pelted stones at the house besides attempting to set it on fire, police said.
Seeing the situation going out of control, security personnel opened fire in which one person was killed and around 21 others were injured, police said.
“There is one death of an unidentified person because of (suspected) bullet injuries," an official of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science and Hospital said.
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