ABJASS demands arrest of accused

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After an attack on Jat leader Yashpal Malik on August 14 in Fatehabad during a rally, the Akhil Bhartiya Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti headed by him has demanded arrests of the accused in the case.

Malik was among 12 people injured in the clash between rival Jat factions during the ABJASS rally at Samain village of Fatehabad on August 14.

ABJASS held a meeting at Fatehabad on Friday and passed a resolution demanding arrest of accused in the case and a judicial or CBI probe to look into the involvement of BJP state chief and MlA Tohana Subhash Barala in shielding the accused in the attack, said Samiti leader Sube Singh Dhaka.

The Samiti has accused Sarva Khap spokesperson Sube Singh Samain and his supporters of engineering the attack at the instance of the BJP leader.

The Jat organization has demanded arrests of Samain and others besides suspension of police officers who did not act against the accused on August 14 during the incident.

Meanwhile, the state police had on Friday morning arrested three persons, accused in the attack case.

Dhaka said that a Bhaichara rally will be organisd on August 27 in Jhajjar and if the government fails to act, the future course of action would be decided at the rally.

He added that the Samiti is also hopeful that Haryana Government will keep the promise and fulfill the demands put forth on March 19 related to Jat reservation.

Their demands included reservation for Jats, jobs to the next of kin of those killed in violence in the 2016 Jat agitation, compensation to those injured, withdrawal of cases against Jat and action against the officers who ordered action against the Jats among others.

Jat outfit headed by Yashpal Malik had spearheaded the agitation in support of the Jat reservation demand in January 2016, which continued for over 50 days. 31 persons were killed, over 200 injured and government and private property worth crores of rupees was damaged during the violence in February 2016 during the agitation. 

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