Haryana Government would order a high-level probe into the incidents of violence during Jat agitation and strict action would be taken against all officers and employees of police and administration involved in this incident, Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar said on Tuesday.
The Chief Minister said that a thorough investigation of the entire chain of events would be conducted and conspirators would be exposed.
Khattar said that strict action would be taken against the officers and employees found negligent and a committee of retired officers would be constituted to investigate their conduct. Action would be taken against them on the basis of the report of the committee. Also, no false case would be registered against anyone, he added.
After reviewing the situation in Rohtak, which saw the maximum violence and damage during the nine-day long Jat agitation, the Chief Minister addressed the mediapersons at Rohtak amid the angry locals chants of ‘murdabad’ and ‘hai-hai’ providing the background score on Tuesday.
Referring to the audio clip which has surfaced, in which the close aide of a senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda was allegedly trying to incite violence, Khattar said that the clip would be “thoroughly investigated”.
“If the involvement of any person belonging to any political party or organisation is found, he would not be spared. People who have damaged property during the agitation would be identified and strict action would be taken against them,” said Khattar, whose Government has drawn flak for not being able to contain the agitation and the violence in Haryana.
He also made it clear that the Jat community will be given reservation in the state under a special provision and the OBC quota would not be disturbed. “The State Government would not disturb the quota of 27 percent reservation meant for the Other Backward Classes (OBC). The Government would make a separate provision for their (Jats) reservation," said the Chief Minister.
Communities under the OBC category in Haryana are opposing inclusion of Jats in the same category.
The Chief Minister also said that the State Government would provide full compensation for the damage caused to property during the recent agitation in the state. The Government would estimate losses suffered by the people after gathering full information.
He said that 'dharnas' at all places across the State have been lifted and blockades on all roads cleared. Meanwhile, the questions related to casualties during the protest left the Chief Minister fuming.
The total number of deaths due to the violence in protests is 19 in Haryana, claimed Khattar, over which media questioned him again to give the correct figures. The Chief Minister then asked the scribes to behave like journalists and not agitators.
According to the Government figures, at least 19 people were killed and nearly 200 injured in the violence during the Jat agitation.
A day before, the State Government had announced to give an ex-gratia of Rs10 lakh to the next of kin of those innocent people killed in the agitation and employment to a member of the family of the deceased.