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India caste violence in Rohtak leads to tightened security India caste violence leaves one dead at Rohtak protest
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Authorities in the northern Indian town of Rohtak have tightened security to control caste-related violence. At least one person has been killed and up to 25 injured in the northern Indian town of Rohtak during protests by the Jat community to demand better access to jobs and education, police say.
At least 15 people were injured on Thursday after a rally by the Jat community, demanding better access to jobs and education, turned violent. Demonstrators set fire to the home of the Haryana state finance minister and attacked police buildings and vehicles.
The protesters blocked major highways, stopped railway traffic and clashed with rival caste groups. Protests were also held by Jats in other towns in Haryana state.
The Jat community wants quotas in government jobs, but other caste groups have opposed their demands. Demands by the Jat for better quotas in government jobs have been opposed by other caste groups.
The police have also suspended mobile internet services in Rohtak and banned any gathering of more than four people.
Rohtak's superintendent of police Shashank Anand said that the measures were taken "to maintain law and order" in the district.
Extra paramilitary forces had been deployed to help the police in keeping the city calm, he added.
The Haryana state administration has also tightened security in the neighbouring towns of Sonepat and Jhajjar.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar held an emergency meeting on Thursday night to asses the situation in the state.
The Jats are currently listed as upper caste but they are demanding the status of Other Backward Classes (OBCs).The Jats are currently listed as upper caste but they are demanding the status of Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
The community's leaders say that the quotas for OBCs and other lower castes puts them at a disadvantage in government jobs and state-run educational institutes.The community's leaders say that the quotas for OBCs and other lower castes puts them at a disadvantage in government jobs and state-run educational institutes.
The Indian government has divided people from lower castes in three categories as part of its affirmative action policy to offer quotas in jobs and educational institutes. Cars set alight
The communities listed as the Scheduled Castes (SCs) are essentially the lowest in the Hindu caste hierarchy, locally referred to as Dalits. The state government was reported on Friday to have said it was willing to provide more job quotas for Jats.
The Scheduled Tribes (STs) are the people who mostly live in remote areas. The announcement by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar that he was willing to introduce legislation in the next assembly session was described by the Times of India as a bid to broker peace and restore order in the state, which has seen numerous recent incidents of violence over the quota issue.
The OBCs are educationally and economically backward but do not face so much exclusion or isolation. The army has been deployed in nine districts of Haryana on Friday, the Press Trust of India reported, and a curfew has been imposed in two districts along with shoot-on-sight orders.
Police on Friday said the violence in Rohtak began as protesters hurled rocks at paramilitary forces. They say a paramilitary soldier was injured after being shot by a protester
Haryana police chief YP Singhal told NDTV that a protester was shot by his officers after "someone in the mob fired a gun and the security personnel responded in self-defence".
Demonstrators also burned cars, attacked police jeeps and trucks, blocked traffic and tried to set the finance minister's home on fire, police said.
Security had already been tightened in the town after at least 15 people were injured in a rally on Thursday.
The state government has now asked for help from the Indian army to bring the protests under control.
Demonstrations have spread to Jind, Bhiwani and some other towns in the state.
The protesters are demanding that the state government raise their caste quota benefits from the existing level of 10%.
Essential food and cooking supplies to the state have been affected by the disturbances, which have also disrupted overland transport in Haryana and closed down schools.
The Indian government's position on caste