Amid incidents of mob going on the rampage in Haryana’s Rohtak town on Friday, Haryana Government has called in Army to maintain law and order situation in the State. Chief Minister Manohar lal spoke to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar while Chief Secretary DS Dhesi has spoken to Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag in this regard, said Haryana Director General of Police, Yash Pal Singal while talking to the mediapersons on Friday. Singal also confirmed that one person has been killed by the Border Security Forces in retaliatory firing.
With Jat agitators going on the rampage in Rohtak town, setting property and vehicles on fire, Haryana Government has sent requisition to call Army in the districts of Rohtak, Jhajjar, Sonipat, Panipat, Bhiwani, Jind, Hisar and Kaithal in the State. Apart from this, request to call 30 companies of paramilitary forces have also been made by the State Government with the Centre. It is hoped that all companies would be made available very soon, said the DGP.
Singhal said, “In retaliatory fire by BSF, one protester has been killed and few others have been injured.”
Giving details of the incident, he said. “As a result of the ongoing Jat agitation in various parts of Haryana, one person has lost life as an unidentified person in the mob fired from his country made pistol which hit a jawan of the BSF in Rohtak. Thereafter, the BSF returned the fire in self defence which killed a person in the mob. Haryana Police had not fired gunshot on anyone during this incident.”
The DGP said, “In another incident, first the mob attacked a Deputy Superintendent of Police and the police force at a gate of Maharshi Dayanand University in Rohtak and also took the DSP and police personnel hostages. The mob also went to circuit house and damaged the car of the DIG and police gypsy.” “The mob also set on fire and vandalized the house of Finance Minister Capt Abhimanyu in Rohtak. A car parked outside the house was also set on fire by the mob which pelted stones on the house besides attempting to set it on fire,” said he. He added that orders have been issued to jam social networking sites. Security outside the houses of Minister and MlAs has been tightened. The security outside the residence of BJP Kurukshetra MP Raj Kumar Saini has also been stepped up following threats from Jat community.